Objectives: To describe nutritional status of children with ASD at caring centers for autistic children in Vietnam in 2021. Methods: This research is conducted at 18 centers raising children with ASD in Vietnam during two weeks in December 2021. A cross-sectional design was applied. Participants: The research was conducted on children who diagnosed with ASD and their caregivers. Data was collected by REDcap systerm through online interview. Results: According to height for age of Z-score, stunted and severely stunted children had the same percentage (12.1%) of under 5 years old group and in the group of 5-15 years old children, the percentage were 6.8% and 19.3% respectively. Moreover, in compliance with weight for age of Z-score, the percentage of underweight (6.7%) was five times higher than severely underweight ones (1.3) in the 5 years old group. And classification by BMI for age Z-Score, the rate of overweight and obesity was 30.9% and 37.3% respectively in two age groups. Conclusion: The rate of malnutrition is not high with underweight, stunted and the rate of malnutrition wasted mainly being moderate. However, the rate of overweight and obesity was significantly higher in b
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