Occurrence of eating difficulties in children self-reported by parents.
Vanessa Souza Gigoski de Miranda, Juliana Dos Santos Luiz, Lisiane De Rosa Barbosa and 1 others
PMID 41124482WHAT IT FOUND
Parents reported feeding difficulties in 26% of Brazilian children aged 6 months to 6 years 11 months.
Severe difficulty was associated with comorbidities, including autism, and with family income up to one minimum wage.
Key findings
01In 596 parent and guardian reports for children aged 6 months to 6 years 11 months, 26% of children had some degree of feeding difficulty.
02Severe feeding difficulty was associated with the presence of comorbidities, and autism spectrum disorder was associated with severe feeding difficulty.
03Family income up to one minimum wage was associated with moderate and severe feeding difficulty, while no feeding difficulty was associated with income above three minimum wages.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The study used an online questionnaire shared through social media, so it may have reached mainly families with higher education and income rather than all Brazilian families. The Brazilian Infant Feeding Scale is a screening tool, not a full assessment of cause or treatment direction. The result is based on parent report, not clinical examination of the children. The authors note there is no validated assessment instrument for feeding difficulties in Brazilian literature.
Declared interests
The authors report no funding and no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the 26% figure as a population prevalence or as proof that these children need therapy. It is a parent-reported screening result from an online sample that may have reached mainly higher-income, higher-education families.
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