ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Feeding Problems and Their Associations with Dietary Interventions, Food Supplement Use, and Behavioral Characteristics in a Sample of Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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- Nutritional Status of Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Pooled it
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- Global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder and its gastrointestinal symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Overall Weak Association Between Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Psychological, Autism, and Demographic Variables in Autistic Children.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Food Selectivity as a Driver of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Constipation in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Vitamin D in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Critical Systematic Review of Evidence and Methodological Limitations.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Dietary challenges and supplement use in children with autism spectrum disorder in the West Bank-Palestine: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Research progress on the microbiota-gut-brain axis in autism spectrum disorder: a narrative review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Digestive Neurobiology in Autism: From Enteric and Central Nervous System Interactions to Shared Genetic Pathways.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Association Between Gastrointestinal Issues and Psychometric Scores in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delays, Down Syndrome, and Typical Development.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Food Selectivity and Mood Problems in Youth With a Reported Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Convergent Validity of the Feeding and Eating in AutiSm Together Assessment (FEAST).The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2025Article
- The Effect of Parental Faecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder on Behavior and Gastrointestinal Manifestations in the Male Offspring of Shank3 Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Acceptability and safety of a probiotic beverage supplementation (Bio-K +) and feasibility of the proposed protocol in children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2025Article
- Nutritional Approaches in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Scoping Review.Current nutrition reports · 2025Article
- "Giving Me the Self-Confidence to Tackle It": Mothers' Experiences Participating In The Engaged Eaters Program, A Caregiver-Mediated Feeding Intervention.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Food selectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder: implications of eating, sensory and behavioural profile.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effect of dietary zinc supplementation on the gastrointestinal microbiome and host gene expression in theFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Nutritional management and autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2024Article
- Exploring the effect of diet programs on the behavior of Sudanese children with autism and the prevalence and association of gastrointestinal symptoms: a multi-center cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication, and restricted, stereotyped behavior. Gastrointestinal (GI), nutritional, and feeding problems are often reported in ASD. We investigated the prevalence of GI symptoms, food selectivity, and mealtime difficulties, and their associations with dietary interventions, food supplement use, and behavioral characteristics in a sample involving 247 participants with ASD and 267 controls aged 2-18 years. Data were collected by a questionnaire. GI symptoms were observed in 88.9% of children and adolescents with ASD, more often in girls than in boys. High rates of food selectivity (69.1%) and mealtime problems (64.3%) were found. Food supplements were used by 66.7% of individuals, mainly vitamins/minerals, probiotics, and omega-3 fatty acids. In the ASD sample, 21.2% of subjects followed a diet, mostly based on gluten and milk restriction, including individuals exhibiting food selectivity. Frequency of GI symptoms, food selectivity, and mealtime problems correlated weakly, but significantly with behavioral characteristics in the ASD group, but not with food supplement use. The study demonstrated that higher frequency of GI symptoms, food selectivity, and mealtime problems are a common problem in pre-schoolers, schoolchildren, and adolescents with ASD, and together with dietary modification, they are significantly associated with ASD.
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