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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 685-696Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-020-04567-4
Keywords
Autistic-like traits; Autism spectrum disorder; Food variety; Diet quality; Child; Young adult
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- Telethon Kids Institute
- Edith Cowan University
- University of Western Australia
- Curtin University
- Women and Infants Research Foundation
- Murdoch University
- University of Notre Dame Australia
- Raine Medical Research Foundation
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- NHMRC [1077966]
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [1077966] Funding Source: NHMRC
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The study found that young adults with higher autistic-like traits were more likely to have had lower food variety and diet quality in early childhood.
This study explored the association between autistic-like traits in young adults and dietary intake in early childhood in the Gen2 Raine Study cohort. Data were available from 811 participants at years 1, 2 and 3 for the assessment of dietary intake, and at year 20 for measurement of autistic-like traits. Results showed as autistic-like traits increased, total food variety, core food variety and dairy variety decreased (p < 0.05), with a lower consumption of citrus fruits and yoghurt (both p = 0.04). As autistic-like traits increased, diet quality decreased, this trend was significant at 2 years (p = 0.024). Our results suggest that young adults with higher autistic-like traits were more likely to have had lower food variety and diet quality in early childhood.
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