ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2025
Food selectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder: implications of eating, sensory and behavioural profile.
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- Eating and Sleep Disturbances in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Turkey: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Body weight in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Sex-specific patterns of avoidant and restrictive eating in inflammatory bowel disease: validation of the German version of the Nine Item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake disorder screen (NIAS).Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Cluster analysis based on sensory characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder and its impact on emotional and behavioral manifestations and parenting stress.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Olfactory Valence-Processing Deficits and Aberrant Brain Network Connectivity Underlie Social Dysfunction in Shank3Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Article
- Beyond the plate: nutritional gaps and health risks in selective eaters with ASD - a narrative review.BMC pediatrics · 2026Review
- The burden of care, parenting stress, and navigating welfare services: parents' everyday experiences of young children with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Review
- Food Pattern, Food Selectivity and Sensory Profile in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Analysis in Chilean Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association Between Sleep Disturbance and Behavioral Feeding Problems in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cross-Cultural Differences in Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Sensory Responses in Individuals with Autism: A Comparison Between Spain and Colombia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: To characterise possible clinical associations between food selectivity, a typical aspect of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and certain commonly observed aspects of the phenotype: sensory abnormalities, challenging behaviour, autistic symptom intensity and Intellective Quotient. Methods: The present is a retrospective observational study. Fifty-two ASD subjects were enrolled that underwent a comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessment including the Results: Statistically significant correlations were observed between tactile, gustatory and olfactory sensitivity and food selectivity. These modalities were also found to predict greater food selectivity on regression analysis. No significant correlations were observed between the behavioural profile, intellective quotient and intensity of autistic symptomatology with food selectivity. In addition no significant scores were observed on the basis of sex. Discussion: As far as can be seen from the results, the food selectivity of ASD subjects appears to be underlain mainly by sensory abnormalities and does not correlate with other clinical aspects of ASD subjects. Despite this, a comprehensive assessment of the various phenotypical aspects is still of fundamental importance. Further studies that could lead to a progressive characterisation of the phenotypical aspects of ASD subjects in order to provide increasingly personalised treatment are therefore considered useful.
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