The literature on BMI in adults with ASD is not entirely consistent, but shows a clear trend for adults with this condition to be overweight/obese, on average ( Eaves & Ho, 2008 ; Jones et al., 2016 ; Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014 ; Tyler, Schramm, Karafa, Tang, & Jain, 2011 ).
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Interoceptive impairments do not lie at the heart of autism or alexithymia.
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