OBJECTIVE: Overweight and @entity28 are increasingly prevalent in the general pediatric population. Evidence suggests that @entity1 with @entity72 ( @entity72 ) may be at elevated risk for unhealthy weight. We identify the prevalence of overweight and @entity28 in a multisite clinical sample of @entity1 with @entity72 and explore concurrent associations with variables identified as risk factors for unhealthy weight in the general population. METHODS: @entity1 were 5053 @entity1 with confirmed diagnosis of @entity2438 in the @entity2438 Speaks @entity2438 Treatment Network. Measured values for weight and height were used to calculate BMI percentiles; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for BMI for gender and age were used to define overweight and @entity28 (>= 85th and >= 95th percentiles, respectively). RESULTS: In @entity1 age 2 to 17 years, 33.6% were overweight and 18% were @entity28 . Compared with a general US population sample, rates of unhealthy weight were significantly higher among @entity1 with @entity72 ages 2 to 5 years and among those of non-Hispanic white origin. Multivariate analyses revealed that older age, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, lower parent education levels, and sleep and affective problems were all significant predictors of @entity28 . CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that the prevalence of unhealthy weight is significantly greater among @entity1 with @entity2438 compared with the general population, with differences present as early as ages 2 to 5 years. Because @entity28 is more prevalent among older @entity1 in the general population, these findings raise the question of whether there are different trajectories of @entity1017 among @entity1 with @entity72 , possibly beginning in early childhood.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Participants'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese', 'obesity'] @entity2438 :: ('MESH:D001321', 'Disease') :: ['ASD', 'Autism'] @entity72 :: ('MESH:D002659', 'Disease') :: ['ASDs', 'autism spectrum disorders'] @entity1017 :: ('MESH:D015430', 'Disease') :: ['weight gain']
@entity28 :: (MESH:D009765,Disease) :: ['Obesity']
