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Direct linkLibby Hladik; Brittany M. St. John; Allie Korbel; Nicole Nelson; Molly Umana; Shannon Kant; Karla K. Ausderau – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The purpose of this study was to understand caregivers' experience of participating in a caregiver-mediated in-home feeding intervention, the Engaged Eaters Program, for their young autistic child. This qualitative study utilized a thematic approach to analyze post-intervention semi-structured interviews with thirteen mothers of autistic children…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mother Attitudes, Eating Disorders, Eating Habits
Anna van der Lubbe; Hanna Swaab; Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren; Wietske A. Ester – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often experience chronic stress and are at risk for adverse health. However, little is known about fathers, especially when their child is in early childhood. Parenting stress, eating behavior and physical health was evaluated in mothers (n = 48) and fathers (n = 43) of young children (3-7…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Eating Habits, Physical Health, Mothers
Nesreen Fathi Mahmoud; Zeinab Mohammed; Hassnaa Othman Mohammed; Alshimaa Mohsen Mohamed Lotfy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Children with developmental disabilities have different feeding and swallowing problems. The purposes of the present study were to develop an Arabic version of the FHI-C and to evaluate its validity, consistency, and reliability in Arabic children with developmental disabilities for assessing how feeding and swallowing problems impair the…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Media Adaptation, Young Children
Moorthy, Lakshmi; Dixit, Uma B.; Kole, Rachita C.; Gajre, Mona P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This case-control study compared dietary sugar exposure and oral health status between children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), aged 5-12 years (n = 136, each). Data regarding socio-demographics, child's oral hygiene practices and behavior, diet-related behavior, oral habits and dental trauma were obtained. Child's diet on the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Eating Habits, Dental Health
Gal, Eynat; Gal-Mishael, Rotem; Vissoker, Roni Enten; Hedley, Darren; Bury, Simon M.; Stolar, Orit – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The Aut-Eat Questionnaire (AEQ) provides a novel and comprehensive assessment of eating problems and patterns in children with ASD. To establish the internal consistency and discriminant validity of the AEQ, parents of children with ASD (n = 105, M[subscript age] = 40.85, SD = 15.67 months) or typical development (TD; n = 98, M[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Questionnaires, Eating Habits
Burrell, T. Lindsey; Scahill, Lawrence; Nuhu, Nadratu; Gillespie, Scott; Sharp, William – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Managing Eating Aversions and Limited Variety (MEAL) Plan is a structured parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder and moderate food selectivity. Our previously reported group-based clinical trial revealed a positive treatment response rate of 47.3%. Although encouraging, this response rate raises questions about…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parent Participation, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Shabnam, Srushti; Swapna, N. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Children with developmental disabilities (DD) exhibit feeding and swallowing difficulties, which can have an impact on nutritional, developmental, and psychological aspects. The existing tools assess the nature of feeding problems and behaviors only. The present study aimed to assess the physical, functional, and emotional domains in children with…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Health Behavior, Food, Developmental Disabilities
Dhaliwal, Khushmol K.; Avedzi, Hayford M.; Richard, Caroline; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Haqq, Andrea M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
We examined the relationship between weight status, appetite regulating hormones, and mealtime behaviors among children, (5-12 years old), diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a cross-sectional study. All (N = 21) completed anthropometry measurements and (n = 18) provided blood samples for hormone analysis. Mealtime behavior, dietary,…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Metabolism, Physiology, Eating Habits
Alexander Acosta; Edward Khokhlovich; Helena Reis; Andrey Vyshedskiy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of dietary factors on developmental trajectories in young autistic children. Methods: A gluten-free and casein-free diets, as well as six types of food (meat and eggs, vegetables, uncooked vegetables, sweets, bread, and "white soft bread that never molds") were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Burkett, Karen; Haggard, Marissa-Li; Van Rafelghem, Dawn; Harpster, Karen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Feeding interventions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) focus solely on the child, not the family milieu. This qualitative study aimed to understand mothers' perspectives on managing restricted eating among preschoolers with ASD. Focus groups were conducted with eleven mothers of preschoolers with ASD. Audio recordings were…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Mothers
Panossian, Catherine; Lyons-Wall, Philippa; Whitehouse, Andrew; Oddy, Wendy H.; Lo, Johnny; Scott, Jane; O'Sullivan, Therese A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This study explored the association between autistic-like traits in young adults and dietary intake in early childhood in the Gen2 Raine Study cohort. Data were available from 811 participants at years 1, 2 and 3 for the assessment of dietary intake, and at year 20 for measurement of autistic-like traits. Results showed as autistic-like traits…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Eating Habits, Food
Folta, Sara C.; Curtin, Carol; Must, Aviva; Pehrson, Annie; Ryan, Kate; Bandini, Linda – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Food selectivity is a common feeding problem among autistic children. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore the impact of selective eating on key social domains--with family, peers, and in other social situations--of transition-age autistic youth who self-identified as being food selective. Interviews were conducted with 20…
Descriptors: Autism, Young Adults, Eating Habits, Eating Disorders
Canals-Sans, Josefa; Esteban-Figuerola, Patricia; Morales-Hidalgo, Paula; Arija, Victoria – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Food consumption in children with ASD, subclinical ASD and with typical development (TD), and their adequacy to dietary recommendations was studied. A school population sample of 77 children with ASD, 40 with subclinical ASD, and 333 with TD participated. Compared to children with TD, pre-schoolers with ASD consumed fewer raw vegetables and less…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Umran Cevik Guner U; Irem Bilkay – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
The family has a key role in the obesity management of children with autism. This study examines the relationship between the nutrition-physical activity behaviors of autistic children with their families and children's obesity levels during COVID-19 pandemic. The descriptive and cross-sectional study involved 80 parents of autistic children. A…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Relationship, Family Relationship
Hirokawa, Kumi; Kimura, Takashi; Ikehara, Satoyo; Honjo, Kaori; Ueda, Kimiko; Sato, Takuyo; Iso, Hiroyasu; Kishi, Reiko; Yaegashi, Nobuo; Hashimoto, Koichi; Mori, Chisato; Ito, Shuichi; Yamagata, Zentaro; Inadera, Hidekuni; Kamijima, Michihiro; Heike, Toshio; Iso, Hiroyasu; Shima, Masayuki; Kawai, Yasuaki; Suganuma, Narufumi; Kusuhara, Koichi; Katoh, Takahiko – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
The purpose of the present study was to investigate associations of dietary intake including vitamin D, folate, and n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in pregnant women with broad autism phenotype (BAP). The Japan Environment and Children's Study is a government-funded birth cohort study. All complete data of 92,011 were analyzed. The…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Dietetics, Nutrition, Pregnancy
