Research Highlights

Eating-Related Behaviors in Autism

Dr. Wallace reviews the importance of studying eating-related behaviors in ASD and the health impact it has on autistic children and adolescents. Main findings include: selective eating may be persistent across the lifespan and can lead to nutritional deficiency, behavioral inflexibility and sensory sensitivity are contributors to selective eating, autistic people are more likely to eat in the absence of hunger, and there are cognitive and neural correlates to eating habits.

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