Eating habits and dietary patterns in children with autism

Diolordi, Laura; Balzo, Valeria del; Bernabei, Paola; Vitiello, Valeria; Donini, Lorenzo Maria

doi:10.1007/s40519-014-0137-0

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“…Previous researchers [ 4 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] showed that autistic children are very sensitive to bitter taste leading to refusal of certain foods and it could be the potential reason for reduced intake of vegetables in par with our study where 68.9% of the children rejected having vegetables. In contrast, According to Diolordi L et al, [ 39 ] fruits are preferred by the autistic children may be because of its texture and sweet taste wherein our study, 78.7% of the children preferred having fruits. About dental caries, previous researchers [ 13 ] analysed that fruits/vegetables are having a snack replacing the sugar or sweet reduced dental caries.…”

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Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

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AlFaraj

Ramdan

et al. 2018

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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AIM:The purpose of the study is to achieve the baseline information of the autistic child’s oral health status about the diet, dietary and hygiene habits. The association of these factors with dental caries were assessed.MATERIAL AND METHODS:The survey was composed of self-administered questionnaires to parents about their children’s’ demographic data followed by questions related to diet, dietary and hygiene habits. This is later followed by oral examination for estimating the decayed, missing and filled [dmft] scores as per WHO norms. The variables are analysed using t-tests and ANOVA. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated for each of the independent variables to examine for autocorrelation.RESULTS:The mean age for the present study is 5.8 years with more predilections of caries in females. The autistic children prefer soft diet and pouch it in oral cavity resulting in increased caries though not significant. Other foods like nuts and pulses confectioneries and soft drinks resulted in increased caries, and our study shows significant relation. Consumption of sugars between meals and increased quantity of sugar per day also increased dental caries with highly significant results in our study. Hygiene habits also made a difference in the occurrence of caries though, in our study, it’s not significant.CONCLUSIONS:The study suggests that the oral health education programs should be conducted for the parents, caregivers and the teachers about the diet, dietary and the hygiene habits and the role they play in maintaining the oral hygiene.

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Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

Kotha

AlFaraj

Ramdan

et al. 2018

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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“…Second, dietary intake and absorption may influence blood glutamate levels. Particular eating habits, dietary patterns [ 34 ] and functional gastrointestinal abnormalities [ 35 ] have been observed in ASD. These factors may contribute to the altered blood glutamate levels in ASD.…”

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Blood Glutamate Levels in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Zheng

Zhu

et al. 2016

PLoS ONE

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ObjectiveGlutamate plays an important role in brain development, neuronal migration, differentiation, survival and synaptogenesis. Recent studies have explored the relationship between blood glutamate levels and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the findings are inconsistent. We undertook the first systematic review with a meta-analysis of studies examining blood glutamate levels in ASD compared with controls.MethodsA literature search was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library for studies published before March 2016. A random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) of the outcomes. Subgroup analyses were used to explore the potential sources of heterogeneity, and the publication bias was estimated using Egger’s tests.ResultsTwelve studies involving 880 participants and 446 incident cases were included in this meta-analysis. The meta-analysis provided evidence for higher blood glutamate levels in ASD [SMD = 0.99, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 0.58–1.40; P < 0.001] with high heterogeneity (I2 = 86%, P < 0.001) across studies. The subgroup analyses revealed higher glutamate levels in ASD compared with controls in plasma [SMD = 1.04, 95% CI = 0.58–1.50; P < 0.001] but not true in serum [SMD = 0.79, 95% CI = -0.41–1.99; P = 0.20]. Studies employing high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS) assays also revealed higher blood glutamate levels in ASD. A sensitivity analysis found that the results were stable, and there was no evidence of publication bias.ConclusionsBlood glutamate levels might be a potential biomarker of ASD.

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“…Permasalahan tersebut dialami oleh 46-89% anak ASD. 9,10 Pemilihan makanan pada anak ASD biasanya berdasarkan jenis, tekstur, suhu dan bau tertentu. [11][12][13] Perilaku pemilihan makan ini dapat menggambarkan suatu pola pembatasan makanan yang dapat berlanjut dan berperan dalam gangguan perilaku makan saat dewasa.…”

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“…33 Beberapa penelitian melaporkan bahwa penerapan diet bebas gluten dan kasein dapat meningkatkan kualitas tidur dan menurunkan perilaku agresif. 10 Gluten dan kasein yang diasup anak ASD tidak tercerna sempurna dan menyebabkan aktifnya senyawa jenis pre-opioid (eksorfin: casomorfin dan gluteomorfin) dari gluten dan kasein. Eksorfin ini diserap dan masuk aliran darah serta mengikat pada reseptor opioid otak, sehingga berdampak pada kekurangan tidur, ketidakfokusan, dan sifat agresif, serta menyakiti diri sendiri.…”

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Studi kualitatif faktor yang mempengaruhi orang tua dalam pemberian makan anak autis

Camelia

Wijayanti

Nissa

2019

JGI

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Background: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have problem in metabolism which makes them have limited food intake. The implementation of the diet is influenced by eating behaviors in children with ASD and parents in feeding children.Objective: This study was to analyze eating behaviors and factors influencing parents on child’s feeding.Methods: This quallitative study was using in-dept interviews to parents as informants. Observations related to children's eating habits and behaviors also conducted in this study. FFQ was also conducted to measure gluten and casein consumptions. The retrieval of subjects through purposive sampling based on inclusion criteria, there was 8 children with ASD aged 6-14 years old with their care taker as informans who were willing to join this study. Results: Children with ASD have unique food preferention and able to expres hunger and satiety amid the limitatins of social interaction. Gluten intake is more often consumed (26,63 times/week) than casein (5,25 times/week). 25% parents are implementating the diet and based on knowledges, obey the doctor or terapies, improve children’s behavioral experiences after diet, motivation, skills in processing food diets, purchasing power, and family supports. Parents are not implementating the diet because of children’s responses, informant’s worries, sibling behaviors who offer non-dietary food, limited dietary food in arround, and limited time to process dietary food.Conclusion: Eating behaviors’s subject is related to parent’s feeding. Feeding by informants are influenced by children’s responses, knowledges, attitudes, experiences and motivations, skills, purchasing power, availability of food, sibling behaviors, time, and family supports. Knowledges, motivations, and family support were the most important factors in feeding children with autism.

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Eating habits and dietary patterns in children with autism

Cited by 40 publications

References 19 publications

Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

Associations between Diet, Dietary and Oral Hygiene Habits with Caries Occurrence and Severity in Children with Autism at Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

Blood Glutamate Levels in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Studi kualitatif faktor yang mempengaruhi orang tua dalam pemberian makan anak autis

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