Healthy eating not only promotes growth and development, but also provides important opportunities for children to socialize during meals. A new, comprehensive analysis of feeding behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) indicates that these children are five times more likely to have a feeding problem, including extreme tantrums during meals, severe food selectivity and ritualistic mealtime behaviors.
URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130205/Children-with-autism-spectrum-disorders-more-likely-to-have-feeding-problems.aspx
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