Eating habitsNutritionYoung childrenWhile clinical lore appears to accept that young children with autism have limited or narrow diets and unusual food aversions in comparison to same age peers, the empirical basis for this is missing. The goals of this preliminary study were to examine the eating...
The children with autism have feeding problems such as chewing, preference for the same food that often are responsible for the nutrient imbalance. In this study, we have analyzed the differences in food consumption (food frequency) and eating behavior (CEBI test) between children with autism and...
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by severe deficits in social interaction and communication, as well as by stereotyped and repetitive behaviors. Children with autism frequently have significant eating difficulties with highly restricted range of food choices. Eating habits and patterns are ...
For children with autism, making healthy eating choices can be difficult. Children with ASD are five times more likely to have challenges with meals than their peers. It is common for them to have repetitive, ritualistic habits, which can affect eating. Children with ASD may have especially str...
Recruited families had a child clinically diagnosed with ASD and a neurotypical sibling who were both between the ages of 2 to 7 years old and no more than 2 years apart in age. We confirmed the self-reported autism diagnosis of each child by leveraging validated machine-learning ...
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Diagnostic assessment of communicative and interactive behaviours in children with autism and receptive language disorder The results showed that on most of the ADOS measures the autistic children were clearly more deviant than the language impaired children. There were no ... M Noterdaeme,S Sitter,...
Food selectivity is a common problem in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and has an adverse impact on nutrient adequacy and family mealtimes. D
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurological condition which results in social skill deficits, communication difficulties, and restrictive and repetitive behaviour. The difficulties associated with parenting children with ASD have been studied extensively, mainly from the perspectives of mothers...