Rates of fussy eating may reach 80% in children with ASD and around 40% in children with ADHD. Fussy eating tends to peak in early childhood and then reduce but less so for children with ND. These problems may be exacerbated for children who are not typically developing (TD), including children with ND.
These include fear, anxiety, mistrust, and disgust.
Parents are important agents in molding eating habits, however, the associations between children’s and parents’ eating behaviors are complex and may be convoluted for various reasons, such as parenting feeding style, stressful mealtimes, and children’s neurodevelopmental disorders (ND) such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).Īlthough the symptoms of fussy eating in later childhood and beyond are diverse across children, many share similar characteristics when faced with novel or unliked foods. Children’s preferences for, and consumption of, fruit and vegetables and less healthy options such as sugary snacks have been shown to persist into adulthood, highlighting the importance of promoting healthy eating habits from an early age. However, daily intake of fruit and vegetables is well below the recommendations of five portions a day for children and adults. The findings highlight the need for further investigation into the relationships between parents’ influence on their children’s eating behavior and food consumption, as well as possible reciprocal impacts.Ī nutritious and varied diet is important for overall health and well-being and studies have shown that a diet rich in plant foods such as fruit, vegetables, legumes, pulses, nuts, seeds, and wholegrains, is associated with a lower risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality. A higher proportion of fussy eating parents, than non-fussy eating parents, had children who had difficulties with combined foods and hidden ingredients. Interaction effects were not significant. Fussy eating parents had children who accepted fewer food items and consumed unhealthier foods more frequently than children whose parents were not fussy eaters. Overall, children with ND accepted fewer food items and consumed unhealthier foods more frequently than children without ND. Associations were investigated using two-way ANOVAs and chi-square analyses. Ninety-seven parents answered screening questionnaires prior to an intervention study. The purpose of this study was to analyze associations between parents and their children’s fussy eating, in a cross-sectional sample of children, with and without ND. However, the associations between children’s and parents’ eating behaviors are complex and may be convoluted for various reasons, such as parenting feeding styles, stressful mealtimes, and children’s neurodevelopmental disorders (ND), such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Parents are important agents in shaping children’s eating habits.
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