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Prevention efforts can reduce obesity risks for all youth not just youth with autism spectrum disorder or other neurodevelopmental disorders. Prevention includes a wide range of interventions from the caregivers, the primary care providers, school, community, and government (at all levels). Each has a role to play in preventing abnormal weight gain in youth, but many of the prevention efforts are aimed at youth without a disability placing youth with autism spectrum disorder or neurodevelopmental disorder at a higher risk for abnormal weight gain. Coordinated efforts need to be made in order to provide youth with a disability the same opportunities for health as youth without a disability.
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Cadieux, A.M. (2017). Building Prevention into Healthcare Services and in the Community. In: Assessing and Treating Pediatric Obesity in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55924-7_9
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