Young Adults with High Autistic-Like Traits Displayed Lower Food Variety and Diet Quality in Childhood

Panossian, Catherine; Lyons‐Wall, Philippa; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.; Oddy, Wendy H.; Lo, Johnny; Scott, Jane; O’Sullivan, Therese A.

doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04567-4

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“…Our results did not show a significant difference in FN with different family income levels ( Table 3 ). This result was similar to a study on neurotypical children [ 52 ] and another performed with young adults with ASD in which neophobia was not associated with family income [ 53 ]. In our study, most children had only ASD ( n = 492; 83.0%) and 17.0% of the children with ASD also presented other medical diagnoses (such as food allergies/intolerance, Down syndrome, and others).…”

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Food Neophobia in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Nationwide Study in Brazil

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Food neophobia (FN) is common among children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), potentially impairing their health and diet quality. This study aimed to investigate and classify the prevalence of FN among 4-to-11-year-old Brazilian children with ASD. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed by applying online a validated instrument to identify FN in Brazilian children with ASD through their caregivers’ responses for a national prevalence of FN in this group. The final sample included 593 children with ASD, 80.1% of boys, with a mean age of 6.72 ± 2.31 years, and 83% having only ASD. Almost 75% (n = 436) of the children with ASD had high food neophobia scores. The fruit neophobia domain had the lowest prevalence of high neophobia (63.7%). No significant difference in FN (total, fruit, and vegetable domains) was found, considering gender and age. There was no statistical difference in FN (all domains) by the number of residents in the same household, income, or the caregivers’ educational level. FN did not decrease in older children with ASD. FN is a more complex problem, requiring a multidisciplinary trained team to face the problem.

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Food Neophobia in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Nationwide Study in Brazil

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“…These similarities may be influenced by family members sharing traits such as a propensity towards atypical avoidance of sensory input, which in this study was associated with lower dairy consumption. In line with this notion, higher self-reported autistic traits in the general population have been associated with the consumption of a less diverse diet featuring fewer nutrient dense foods and dairy products (Hirokawa et al, 2020;Panossian et al, 2021). Another influence on these shifts in diets among siblings may be adaptations made by families in response to the preferences of children on the spectrum.…”

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Dietary intake in children on the autism spectrum is altered and linked to differences in autistic traits and sensory processing styles

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Diets of children and adolescents on the autism spectrum often differ when compared to their non-autistic peers. Most dietary studies have been limited by small sample sizes and rarely assess the heterogeneity of autism. Addressing this gap, this study compared the anthropometrics, dietary composition, dietary quality, and food variety of 154 Australian children and adolescents on the spectrum and

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“…However, children with ASD in the current study had lower family income and maternal education levels compared to TD children. Third, children with ASD are more likely to present with food allergies include especially milk/dairy, nuts, and fruits ( 78 – 81 ), which may lead to insufficient and unbalanced dietary intake. It is well known that dietary quality is a vital determinant of physical growth and mental development, poor dietary quality can contribute to non-communicable diseases ( 82 ), lead to worse mental health ( 83 ), and impair brain integrity and functionality ( 84 ), therefore, more attention should pay to the dietary management of children with ASD.…”

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Association between dietary quality and executive functions in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder

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BackgroundIt is well known that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had executive functions deficit. However, it is still unclear whether the poor dietary quality is related to the impairment of executive functions. The current study aimed to explore the association between dietary quality and executive functions in children with ASD.MethodsA total of 106 children with ASD (7.7 ± 1.3 years) and 207 typically developing (TD) children (7.8 ± 1.3 years) were enrolled from Guangzhou, China. The Chinese version of Behavior Rating Scale of Executive function (BRIEF), the working memory subscales of the Chinese version of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV), and the Stroop Color-Word Test (SCWT) were used to measure the participant's executive functions. The food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to collect the dietary intake information, and the Chinese Diet Balance Index (DBI_16) was used to evaluate the dietary quality. Generalized linear models were used to estimate the association between dietary quality and executive functions.ResultsIn children with ASD, Low Bound Score (LBS) was positively correlated with the working memory subscale score of BRIEF (β = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.02–0.44, P < 0.05), while High Bound Score (HBS) and LBS were positively correlated with the organizable subscale score of BRIEF (β = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.11–0.77, P < 0.01; β = 0.19, 95% CI: 0.01–0.37, P < 0.05). Compared to TD children, children with ASD had a higher proportion of moderate and high levels of insufficient dietary intake (moderate level, 37.7% vs. 23.2%, high level, 4.7% vs. 1.4%) and moderate level of unbalanced dietary intake (36.8% vs.21.3%), higher scores on all subscales of BRIEF (P < 0.01), and lower score on the working memory (81.3 ± 32.3 vs. 104.6 ± 12.5, P < 0.01), while there was no difference on the SCWT.ConclusionPoor dietary quality was associated with the impairment of working memory and organizational capacity in children with ASD. This study emphasized the importance of dietary quality in executive functions among children with ASD, and attention should be paid to improving their dietary quality.

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Young Adults with High Autistic-Like Traits Displayed Lower Food Variety and Diet Quality in Childhood

Cited by 14 publications

References 42 publications

Food Neophobia in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Nationwide Study in Brazil

Food Neophobia in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Nationwide Study in Brazil

Dietary intake in children on the autism spectrum is altered and linked to differences in autistic traits and sensory processing styles

Association between dietary quality and executive functions in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder

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