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Airbrush
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 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: Autism and Weight |
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I was wondering, if Autism and Aspergers could have something to do with weight in some special cases?
Like me, when I was born, I weighed 4,5kg's, that's 1kg more than what I should've weighed for my height (50cm's). Pluss my head was 4-5cm's bigger in circumference.
What do you reckon about this question?
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Reodor_Felgen
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I was 3,4 kg and 50 cm when I was born. Some people with severe autism are macrocephalic, but most aren't. 4-5 cm isn't really that much.
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Airbrush
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My head wasn't only wider, it was a bit taller too. My head look huge when you see pictures of me as a baby.
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It is normal for babies to have heads larger in proportion with their bodies. ALL babies are like this. I think you are grasping for straws trying to say because you were a bigger baby that has something to do with autism. The is a great variation in weight and height of babies based on the mother's health and diet, family genetics and ethnicity, whether diabetes runs in family, and even time of year of conception.
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I know that some studies concluded that about half of all autistic babies have smaller than average heads at birth. Height and weight were not specifically different from the non-autistic population.
Studies also said that at 2-6 months after birth, there is a sudden rapid increase of head size.
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sartresue
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: Autism and Weight |
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| Ticker wrote: | | It is normal for babies to have heads larger in proportion with their bodies. ALL babies are like this. I think you are grasping for straws trying to say because you were a bigger baby that has something to do with autism. The is a great variation in weight and height of babies based on the mother's health and diet, family genetics and ethnicity, whether diabetes runs in family, and even time of year of conception. |
A weighty (and heighty) issue topic
I have been saying this for years. Thanks, Ticker. 
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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I just can't think of any correlations between autism and anything.
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| Airbrush wrote: | | My head was actually bigger than average. |
Which was why I posted the remark about results of studies.
There seems to be no correlation between bigger heads at birth/more weight and ASDs right now.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I was 7 pounds and normal size. |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Airbrush wrote: | | My head was actually bigger than average. |
I was born with a large head too. 
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| Airbrush wrote: | | My head was actually bigger than average. |
so was mine. i remember getting it measured by some specialists for a while. they just wanted to keep an eye on the way it grew. it was ok though. |
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I've been told that for the first two months after delivery, the doctor was keeping an eye on me due to my head being unusually large. I was also quite thin, and a "solid baby." All of these patterns have persisted. 
I believe I was 6 lbs. 5 ounces. |
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i was doing some curious reading about the gluten free cassien free diet and was wondering if anyone here can help me to decide if i should try it for losing weight
i have problems with losing weight and no matter what i do i am not able to lose weight around my stomach and when reading about this diet i saw that everyone that was on it lost weight
what does everyone think about if i should try it to see if it works
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