Healthy-weight kindergarten children with Autism Spectrum Disorder may become overweight and obese during first few years of elementary school
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Eliasziw M, Kral TVE, Segal M, Sikich L, Phillips S, Tybor DJ, Sherwood NE, Stanish H, Bandini L, Curtin C, Must A (2021). Healthy-weight kindergarten children with Autism Spectrum Disorder may become overweight and obese during first few years of elementary school. The Journal of Pediatrics: X, 7:100074.
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