Dietary Patterns of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Study Based in Egypt

Meguid, Nagwa A.; Anwar, Mona; Zaki, Safi-naz S.; Kandeel, Wafaa A.; Ahmed, Nihad H.; Tewfik, Ihab

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2015.051

Cited by 27 publications

(15 citation statements)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…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.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

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

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

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.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

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

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…These findings are supported by previous studies. First, individuals with ASD often have eating problems, such as food selectivity and specialized dietary habits, which make healthy dietary interventions less effective 38,39 . Second, individuals with ASD spend less time on physical activities and more time on sedentary activities 29 .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association among obesity, overweight and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zheng

Zhang

et al. 2017

Sci Rep

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Obesity, overweight and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain serious public health problems. Although lots of studies have recently explored the association among obesity, overweight and ASD, the findings are inconsistent. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies to examine the association among obesity, overweight and ASD. PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were used for literature searches to identify eligible studies published in English before November 15, 2016. Relevant studies estimating the association among obesity, overweight and ASD were included. Fifteen studies encompassing 49,937,078 participants and 1,045,538 individuals with ASD were included in this study. A random effects model was chosen to synthesize the effect sizes of individual studies. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in individuals with ASD than in controls (OR = 1.84, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.37–2.48, P < 0.001). However, the prevalence of overweight in individuals with ASD was not significantly different from that in controls (OR = 1.07, 95% CI: 0.83–1.38, P = 0.62). Both sensitivity analysis and publication bias testing revealed that the findings were robust. The meta-analysis showed a significant association between obesity and ASD. However, no significant association was identified between overweight and ASD.

show abstract

“…Current nutritional studies in the ASD population mainly concern children, and dietary intervention studies on patients with autism are very rarely performed in adulthood. It was reported that inadequate intake of some micronutrients are highly significant especially in individuals at older age, when the risk of developing diet-related diseases such as obesity and cardiovascular disease is much higher than in childhood [ 18 , 26 ]. However, research on nutrition, diets and their effects on the older group of people with ASD is still rare.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of Changes over Time of Lipid Profile, C-Reactive Protein Level and Body Mass Index in Teenagers and Young Adults on Different Diets Belonging to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Błażewicz

Astel

et al. 2020

Nutrients

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Numerous scientific studies on patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suggest a significant role of inflammation processes or lipid disorders in this spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders. Unfortunately, there is a lack of assessments of changes over time regarding level of lipids and inflammatory markers in people diagnosed with ASD using different diets. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in lipid profile, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and body mass index (BMI) in individuals diagnosed with ASD and healthy controls. Variables were assessed at two time points (2015/17 and 2017/20) for each subject. Methods: After applying the selection criteria, for the first assessment period, 96 participants were qualified (the group consisted of 59 males with ASD and 37 healthy volunteers, i.e., age-matched control group—CG). The final assessment included 93 participants (57 from ASD group and 36 from CG). Subjects were on low-fat diet (LFD), gluten–casein-free diet (GF–CF) and regular diet (RD), respectively. All members of CG were on regular diet. A fasting lipid profile and hs-CRP level were analyzed. BMI and percentiles were calculated. Eating habits were checked by analyzing data from questionnaires. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used separately for every assessment. The Mann–Whitney U test was used to compare the medians of variables in the scheme of pairwise comparisons between control and ASD groups on different diets for separate assessment, while differences over time between variables were tested by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: Statistically significant differences between BMI, CRP, triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), non-HDL-C and TC/HDL ratio were found in ASD group in comparison to healthy volunteers (increased BMI, CRP and TC/HDL and decreased HDL-C for all types of diets, increased TG in the group of LFD and RD individual and increased non-HDL-C in the group of GF–CF and RD individuals) during the first assessment period. The second assessment over time also showed increased levels of TC, non HDL-C and TC/HDL and decreased level of HDL-C for all ASD individuals regardless of diets used, while BMI and CRP increased only for individuals on LFD and RD. No statistically significant correlations between age of participants and other variables comparing with CG were found. Conclusions: Our studies suggest that targeted, individualized nutritional pattern and periodic screening for lipid and immune disorders would be beneficial for teenagers and adults diagnosed with ASD.

show abstract

Dietary Patterns of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Study Based in Egypt

Cited by 27 publications

References 28 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

Association among obesity, overweight and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Assessment of Changes over Time of Lipid Profile, C-Reactive Protein Level and Body Mass Index in Teenagers and Young Adults on Different Diets Belonging to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About