salowevision wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
My doctor actually told me that many people with autism tend to have health problems associated with being overweight and overeating and not getting enough exercise.
That actually made sense to me because every Aspie I knew was overweight and so was I. We're not the type to stay active and healthy we tend to lock ourselves away from the world in our homes and in our bedrooms and when you do that you tend to eat all day out of boredom and sit around watching TV or browsing the internet.
So I imagine a lot of people with autism suffer health problems just from not eating right or not getting the exercise they need.
Strange I've actually read the opposite to be true; that aspies actually tend to be underweight. Your testimony is no surprise to me as I was overweight during my adolescence... But my health problems aren't directly correlated with being overweight per se as much as they're a result of inflammation. I got in shape and cleaned up my diet substantially in my late teens... my health problems still persist.
Well my younger brother also has aspergers and he is very underweight.
I guess when it comes to autism you can be either very overweight or very underweight. In my case I'm overweight because I overeat out of boredom and loneliness but my brother will not eat unless you remind him to because he sits around playing video games all day and all night.
Also now that I think about it I used to be on medications like risperidone which caused me to balloon up from the time I was 14.
30 Sep 2018, 8:05 pm
