Feeding Symptoms, Dietary Patterns, and Growth in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Emond, Alan; Emmett, Pauline M; Steer, Colin; Golding, Jean

doi:10.1542/peds.2009-2391

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“…They may be nutritionally vulnerable with more extreme eating behaviors. 48,50,61,62 Treatment therefore is best managed by specialists and includes hunger inducement coupled with nutritional supplementation and sensory integration approaches (eg, tactile exposure on skin, and then oral motor desensitization, and shaping and fading). 42, 63 In cases of hyposensitivity, strongly flavored foods and beverages may be better accepted and worth trying.…”

Section: Management Of Selectivitymentioning

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A Practical Approach to Classifying and Managing Feeding Difficulties

Kerzner¹,

et al. 2015

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Many young children are thought by their parents to eat poorly. Although the majority of these children are mildly affected, a small percentage have a serious feeding disorder. Nevertheless, even mildly affected children whose anxious parents adopt inappropriate feeding practices may experience consequences. Therefore, pediatricians must take all parental concerns seriously and offer appropriate guidance. This requires a workable classification of feeding problems and a systematic approach. The classification and approach we describe incorporate more recent considerations by specialists, both medical and psychological. In our model, children are categorized under the 3 principal eating behaviors that concern parents: limited appetite, selective intake, and fear of feeding. Each category includes a range from normal (misperceived) to severe (behavioral and organic). The feeding styles of caregivers (responsive, controlling, indulgent, and neglectful) are also incorporated. The objective is to allow the physician to efficiently sort out the wide variety of conditions, categorize them for therapy, and where necessary refer to specialists in the field.Parents of young children worldwide are concerned about feeding difficulties. When asked, more than 50% of mothers claim that at least 1 of their children eats poorly; this implicates ∼20% to 30% of children.

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Section: Management Of Selectivitymentioning

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A Practical Approach to Classifying and Managing Feeding Difficulties

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“…There are reports of food selectivity presented by these individuals, like consume of a limited range of food items, resistance to try different foods and behavioral problems at mealtime (5). Thus, impaired nutritional status is not unusual in patients with ASD (6,7).…”

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Body composition of patients with autism spectrum disorder through bioelectrical impedance

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Palabras clave:Trastorno del espectro autista. Composición corporal. Estado nutricional. Nutrición. ResumenIntroducción: el trastorno del espectro autista (TEA) es un trastorno neurológico caracterizado por defi ciencias en la sociabilidad y la comunicación, y un repertorio limitado de intereses y comportamientos. Objetivos: investigar el estado nutricional por medio del análisis de impedancia bioeléctrica (BIA) y variables antropométricas en 63 niños y adolescentes con TEA (10,5 ± 4,1 años, 81% hombres). Material y métodos: las variables antropométricas fueron el peso, la altura y la circunferencia de la cintura (CC); la composición corporal (masa grasa, masa magra) y el ángulo de fase (PA) se obtuvieron por medio de BIA. Resultados: el índice de masa corporal mostró una prevalencia del sobrepeso, la obesidad y el bajo peso de 38,9, 36,5 y 15,8%, respectivamente. De acuerdo con el porcentaje de grasa corporal, la prevalencia de obesidad fue del 49,2%, y el 49,2% mostró CC > percentil 80 para la edad. Once pacientes presentaron valores de PA inferiores a las referencias. Conclusión: de acuerdo con estos parámetros, un gran porcentaje de niños y adolescentes TEA en esta muestra presentaba adiposidad total de sobrepeso y obesidad y del tronco, lo que causa preocupación, así como el porcentaje de participantes con bajo peso. AbstractBackground: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by defi cits in sociability, communication, and limited repertoire of interests and behaviors. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the nutritional status through bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and antrophometrics variables in 63 ASD children and adolescents (10.5 ± 4.1 years; 81% male). Materials and methods: Anthropometric variables were weight, height, and waist circumference (WC); body composition (fat mass, fat free mass) and phase angle (PA) were obtained through BIA. Results: The body mass index showed a prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight of 38.9, 36.5 and 15.8%, respectively. According to the body fat percentual, obesity prevalence was 49.2%, and 49.2% showed WC > 80 th percentile for age. Eleven patients presented lower PA values than references. Conclusion: According to the these parameters, a large percentual of ASD children and adolescents in this sample had total overweight and obesity and truncal adiposity, which causes concern, as well as the percentage of underweight participants.

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“…Moreover, studies by Loonum and Veldemann (2013) as also by Oie (2014) informed that diet interventions like glutamine or casein free are common practices amongst parents of children with autism. Above findings showed that dietary treatments is used to influence on child's development and behaviour, which is a common finding in Western research (Emond et al 2010;Whiteley et al 2010). …”

Section: Medical Researchmentioning

confidence: 67%

Scoping Review: Autism Research in Baltic States—What Is Known and What Is Still To Be Studied

Buivydaite

Newton

Prasauskienė

2017

Rev J Autism Dev Disord

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We conducted a scoping review of the current knowledge about autism in Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The aim was to identify publications about autism and potential gaps of knowledge in this region. The search was conducted on March 31, 2016 using PubMed, PsycINFO and EMBASE databases. The search was updated on August 31, 2016; a total of 47 studies were analysed. Current research on autism in Baltic States is still in its beginning. Areas studied were education, medicine, parenting, autism in adulthood, treatments and epidemiology. Education sector is the most researched discipline about autism in Baltic countries especially addressing issue on schooling practices for autistic children. The prevalence of autism is unclear as only one outdated epidemiological study was found. Further epidemiological, clinical intervention research need to be conducted in this region.

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Feeding Symptoms, Dietary Patterns, and Growth in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Abstract: ASD children showed feeding symptoms from infancy and had a less varied diet from 15 months, but energy intake and growth were not impaired.

Cited by 286 publications

References 15 publications

A Practical Approach to Classifying and Managing Feeding Difficulties

A Practical Approach to Classifying and Managing Feeding Difficulties

Body composition of patients with autism spectrum disorder through bioelectrical impedance

Scoping Review: Autism Research in Baltic States—What Is Known and What Is Still To Be Studied

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