Original ArticlePrevalence of Overweight in Children with Developmental Disorders in the Continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002
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Methods
NHANES is a series of national examination studies conducted in the United States since 1970. After the NHANES III 1988-1994 survey, the periodic examination surveys became a “continuous” survey. Since 1999, data have been collected every 2 years from a representative sample of the US population; approximately 7000 subjects from different locations are sampled. In the basic protocol for all these surveys, randomly selected subjects are first interviewed in their homes, and information on
Results
In the NHANES 1999-2002 dataset, 4 questions identified 1128 children with developmental disorders. Specifically, items identified children with physical limitations, attention deficit disorder, learning disability, and those receiving special education or early intervention services. Of the 1128 children, 654 (57.9%) had 1 of these conditions, 327 (28.9%) had 2 of these conditions, 133 (11.8%) had 3 of these conditions, and 14 (1.2%) had all 4 of these conditions. The most frequent coexisting
Discussion
The limited available literature on the prevalence of overweight in children with developmental disorders has been based on clinical observations and studies with small sample sizes. Although the high prevalence of overweight among children with genetically-related disabilities such as Prader-Willi syndrome,7 Down Syndrome,8, 9 congenital disabilities such as spina bifida,10, 11, 12 and some types of cerebral palsy10 is well documented, there is a need for representative data for children with
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