. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Oct 13;51(8):2790–2799. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04749-0

Table 2.

Percentage of ASD and TD participants falling into each BMI Category.

BMI Category	TD (N = 100)	ASD (N = 136)	Total
Underweight	3.0% (n=3)	4.5% (n=6)	3.8% (n=9)
Healthy Weight	69.0% (n=69)	53.8% (n=73)	60.2% (n=142)
Overweight	12.0% (n=12)	13.6% (n=19)	13.1% (n=31)
Obese	16.0% (n=16)	28.0% (n=38)	22.9% (n=54)
Total	100%	100%	100%

Note: Underweight, <5^th percentile; Healthy Weight, 5^th to <85^th percentile; Overweight, 85^th to <95^th percentile; Obese, ≥95^th percentile