Étude : Manger des ennuis, menacer les enfants atteints d'autisme

Children with autism are five times as likely as other children suffer from problems related to foods ranging from temper tantrums of meals to the extreme pickiness with consequences potentially long term health, issues, researchers say.
Although many parents have indicated concerns about the eating habits of their children with autism, long a new analysis of existing research on the subject is supposed to provide the first comprehensive overview. In the review of 17 studies, researchers at Emory University and the Marcus Autism Center found that children with serious risks of face of developmental disorder of feeding and nutrition problems.
In addition to being the eaters choose, children with autism often have rituals for meals and other extreme behaviors surrounding food, the study showed. In addition, they have low intake of calcium and proteins and deficits nutritional throughout more than other children, the researchers report this month in the Journal of autism and development disorders.
"The results of this study have general implications for children with autism," said William Sharp, Assistant Professor at Emory who led the study. "It not only highlights the importance of assessing the concerns of the meal time in the context of meetings of health care, but also suggests the need for more emphasis on food and nutrition in the middle of autism. ''
Nutrition and feeding of the trouvTs problFmes deficits can put autistic children at risk for medical concerns in the long term such as obesity and cardiovascular disease, the researchers said. Sharp and his colleagues have also warn that food found in their study-related problems could be exacerbated by efforts to eliminate certain foods in diet of children to treat autism.
"Our results are immediate and the implications for the work of practitioners serving children and families living with autism, which, in the absence of such information, may struggle to address parents concerns, or, worse, may fill the void with alternative treatments which may be poorly designed or even harmful to children and families, said Sharp.