A Scoping Review of Tools to Assess Diet in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Eating is considered one of the activities of daily living most affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children and adolescents and, therefore, needs to be thoroughly assessed using specific tools. The aim of this scoping review was to describe the most widely used tool to assess diet in chil...

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Published inNutrients Vol. 15; no. 17; p. 3748
Main Authors Compañ-Gabucio, Laura María, Ojeda-Belokon, Carolina, Torres-Collado, Laura, García-de-la-Hera, Manuela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 27.08.2023
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Activities of Daily Living
Adolescent
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Child
childhood
Databases, Factual
Diet
evaluation
Handbooks
Humans
Intervention
Mental Recall
neurodevelopmental disorders
Nutrition
Nutrition research
Product/Service Evaluations
questionnaires
Review
Systematic review
Teenagers
Spain
United States > US
evaluation
questionnaires
diet
childhood
neurodevelopmental disorders
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Summary:Eating is considered one of the activities of daily living most affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children and adolescents and, therefore, needs to be thoroughly assessed using specific tools. The aim of this scoping review was to describe the most widely used tool to assess diet in children and adolescents with ASD. A search was conducted on PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science and PsycINFO databases. Two authors screened the articles and included all randomized or non-randomized studies published in English or Spanish in the last five years in which the diet of children and adolescents with ASD was assessed. Fifteen studies were included in this review. Mealtime behaviour was the most assessed variable in the included studies ( = 7). Thirteen different assessment tools were identified to evaluate the diet of children and adolescents with ASD, mainly at ages 2-12 ( = 11). The Brief Assessment scale for Mealtime Behavior in Children (BAMBI) and 24-h recalls were the most commonly used dietary assessment tools in the included studies. Our results can help professionals in the selection of an optimal scale to assess diet in children and adolescents with ASD.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu15173748