Definitions
What is RRB?
Restricted/repetitive behaviors?
What are some sensory characteristics?
can involve: smell, taste, texture, etc.
Composition, nutritional status and mealtime behavior were used for what in the study?
To compare autistic and nerotypical children.
Food selectivity can increase the risk of...?
Nutritional Inadequacies
Who can fill out the BAMBIC questionaire?
Parents or legal guardians
What is sameness?
Difficulty with changes in foods or eating routines.
What is an example of sameness?
Eating the same foods every day can be an example of ASD characteristics.
ex: Every morning must have a specific type of egg prepared and the same bowl of fruit everyday.
What was the range of age for the children in the study?
6-18
BMI stands for?
Body Mass Index
TRUE
What is food selectivity?
Term that describes eating that can involve strong sensory- based aversions in autistic children.
What the difference in picky eating vs food sensitivity?
What sample method was used to recruit participants from schools?
Convenience Sampling
75% is the percentage intake that was recommended to stay ______ .
below
How many questions are in BAMBIC?
10
What does AFRID stand for?
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Name one thing the researchers used to conduct their study?
- 72 hr Food Diaries
- Food Frequencies
- Anthropometric Measurements
Researchers used a 3 day record to identify gaps in childrens nutrition... what is it called? (hint: end with diary)
72 hour food diary
What was the percentage of autistic children in the study that had nutritional inadequecy?
50%
___ of the ASD group showed high food selectivity.
60.6%
The assesment used to examine childrens mealtime behaviors?
BAMBIC
Define Nutritional Inadequacy?
A nutritional inadequacy occurs when a person does not consume enough of one or more nutrients to meet recommended intake levels.
BAMBIC uses a scale ranging from _ to _?
1-5
What 2 nutrients did the researchers expect autistic children to take?
Macro and Micronutrients
How many previous months did the parents have to rate their child mealtime behavior?
6 months