Neurological Disorders In Children

Is there a connection in children with neurological disorders and weight gain around the middle section of their body? Especially with children raised anxiety and autism? My son (10) (autistic) has become more anxious about a year ago, is the same time, he put much weight in the middle. My husband and I work with autistic children as well and I noticed that children with more anxiety are heavier towards the middle.

Diet does not seem to be a factor. My son eats very well and we monitor what he eats. One of my students husbands with the same problem on a gluten and dairy free diet and eat mostly fruits and vegetables ...

So, my question is .. Is there a link here?

Anyone know or have good resources to check .. we are very curious

I have Asperger's and I gained much weight at the age of 8 years. I started to feel much anxiety shortly before that (for social reasons) and I started having severe physical abnormalities in the same time too, which added to the anxiety too. My diet has not been properly controlled in time and if I know I do not eat well (I used food for comfort and not enough exercise because of pain).

In my case, I would say that Asperger's is the source of my anxiety and anguish which caused a bad lifestyle, which lead to weight gain.

My son is autisic and many drugs and several of them the weight gain side effect and I think that might be a reason why some of them, despite a healthy diet weight gain.

I do not know if your son is all about drugs, but it is well known that psychotropic drugs can cause weight gain. I would check with doctors if your son is on any medication to see if it's causing his weight gain, I know that when my daughter was put on anti-anxiety medication, she won 50 pounds in a year.

My daughter was 3 when she was tested and diagnosed with celiac disease. Her arms and legs, very thin, but a big belly. We had a cardiologist once ask if his stomach was always like that. We kept thinking it would have to grow as it has become more coordinated.

Before going on the gluten-free diet, my daughter was very unpredictable in terms of its behavior. It can range from happy to crying in 10 seconds flat. I started getting really concerned about his emotional well being of the night, she continued to sob in his sleep an hour after I stopped anger. My husband and I have not put it together with his occasional stomach upset at all. Once my mother was diagnosed with celiac disease, we began to read about him. Many descriptions of children seemed good. She has been on a diet for about 10 months now and is a new child. This does not mean it is not an adjustment or occasional bad behavior, but it seems like a normal 4 years. We have the feeling that it could occur at any time.

From what I read on autisim and gluten, it is a different reaction. I read that gluten causes a narcotic effect as. The children actually addicted to gluten reaction because they are less sensitive. With autistic children, their behavior can worsen before improving with gluten / casien without power, so I saw very rapid improvements in my celiac child.

I do know that autistic children can tolerate in terms of gluten. I know that for celiac disease, it is said that crumbs 1 / 4 the size of a grain of rice can cause a reaction. A good diet does not relate to the gluten. My 4 years was a very healthy eater before his diagnosis, but has a ton of gluten. I thought I was doing all the right things in his feeding whole wheat pasta and bread, limiting juice, etc. In fact, as.