Pellagra secondary to selective eating in a child with autism

Stomach contents of free-ranging animals were analysed botanically for low Atriplex shrubland in western New South Wales, Australia, during 1972-74 in good seasons producing abundant growth and diversity of vegetation. Red kangaroo (Megaleia rufa), euro (Macropus robustus) and sheep (Ovis aries) selected grass and forbs when those were readily available. In poorer pasture sheep selected mainly flat-leaved chenopods (saltbush) and kangaroos selected mainly grass with different amounts of flat- or round-leaved chenopods. Euros were the most selective, eating grass even when there was little grass present. Potential overlaps in diet between kangaroos and sheep were greatest in good pasture and least in the poorest conditions. The other groups of plants considered were non-chenopod shrubs and browse. Extent of overlap was not clear, because animals may have eaten different species within the groups of plants. The study period did not include any severe drought, in which overlap in diet and competition between animal species would have been most significant.

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Selective Eating in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Between-Groups Comparison and Associational Study

American Journal of Occupational Therapy ◽

10.5014/ajot.2015.69s1-rp304a ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 69 (Suppl. 1) ◽

pp. 6911505199p1

Author(s):

Amy Darragh ◽

Karen Ratliff-Schaub ◽

Marcia Nahikian-Nelms ◽

Colleen Spees ◽

Jane Case-Smith ◽

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Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Selective Eating

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Relationships between sensory sensitivity, anxiety and selective eating in children

Appetite ◽

10.1016/j.appet.2012.01.017 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 842-846 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Claire V. Farrow ◽

Helen Coulthard

Keyword(s):

Sensory Sensitivity ◽

Selective Eating

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Selective eating behaviors in children: An observational validation of parental report measures

Appetite ◽

10.1016/j.appet.2018.04.028 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 127 ◽

pp. 163-170 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Carmen Fernandez ◽

Jasmine M. DeJesus ◽

Alison L. Miller ◽

Danielle P. Appugliese ◽

Katherine L. Rosenblum ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Eating Behaviors ◽

Parental Report ◽

Selective Eating

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Psychological and Psychosocial Impairment in Preschoolers With Selective Eating: Concerns Regarding Methods and Data Interpretation

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2015-3635a ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 137 (1) ◽

pp. e20153635A

Author(s):

Susanna Y. Huh ◽

Nancy R. Sullivan ◽

Noelle Huntington

Keyword(s):

Data Interpretation ◽

Psychosocial Impairment ◽

Eating Concerns ◽

Selective Eating

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Nutritional implications of selective eating in a child with autism spectrum disorder

BMJ Case Reports ◽

10.1136/bcr-2013-202581 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 (mar20 1) ◽

pp. bcr2013202581-bcr2013202581 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

K. Keown ◽

J. Bothwell ◽

S. Jain

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Selective Eating

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Selective Eating

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190620998.013.23 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Nancy Zucker ◽

Courtney Arena ◽

Cortney Dable ◽

Jasmine Hill ◽

Caroline Hubble ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Condition ◽

Developmental Phase ◽

Eating Pattern ◽

Food Variety ◽

Fussy Eating ◽

Selective Eating

Selective eating (also referred to as picky or fussy eating) has been described as a normative developmental phase that a significant minority experience and, potentially, “grow out of” without formal intervention. This chapter reviews the literature on selective eating from the stance that this eating pattern is a clinical condition rather than a normative developmental phase. Construing selective eating as a clinical condition, it probes questions of definition, chronicity, and impairment that would warrant intervention. It explores the phenomenology of selective eating, suggesting that the experience of disgust has been relatively neglected in understanding the experience of selective eaters and that the inclusion of this feature may offer some novel hypotheses for both necessary treatment elements and novel conceptualizations about what it means to “outgrow” selective eating. Finally, assuming the hypotheses proposed are accepted, it suggests some necessary treatment elements to expand food variety in individuals with selective eating.

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