Proper nutritional intake is imperative for successful development in early childhood (Samuel et al., 2018); however, many children are not consuming well-rounded diets due to selective eating (Carruth et al., 2004). Selective, or picky, eating has been defined in a variety of ways but includes an element of low dietary variety (Dovey et al., 2008). Among children, dietary selectivity is often based on the sensory characteristics of food, such as texture, smell or temperature. Approximately 50% of children demonstrate caregiverreported selective eating behaviours by the age of two, many of whom (58%) will outgrow this behaviour pattern (Carruth et al., 2004;Mascola et al., 2010). However, young children (0-8 years) who demonstrate sensory food aversions (SFA) avoid food based on sensory characteristics (e.g., colour,
Date Presented 04/06/19
Children with SFA often demonstrate inappropriate behaviors during meals. Parents manage these behaviors using a variety of strategies. Understanding parental strategy use in the home can guide clinical practice and prioritize needs for parent training. In this secondary data analysis, mealtime strategy use among parents of children with SFA is described and relationships between parental strategy use and child mealtime behaviors are examined.
Primary Author and Speaker: Elise Krause
Additional Authors and Speakers: Allison Juris, Angela Caldwell
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