학술논문
Gender and racial/ethnic differences in food selectivity in children with intellectual disabilities.
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Article
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*Food habits
*Confidence intervals
*Vegetables
*Hispanic Americans
*Children with disabilities
*Race
*Ingestion
*Food preferences
*Sex distribution
*Questionnaires
*Descriptive statistics
*Fruit
*Autism
*People with intellectual disabilities
*Ethnic groups
*Statistical sampling
*Eating disorders
*Children
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1360-2322
Abstract
Background: We examined differences in food selectivity by gender and parent race/ethnicity in children with intellectual disabilities. Method: A convenience sample of 56 children with intellectual disabilities was analysed. A modified Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire and a 3‐day food record were used to measure child food refusal rate and food repertoire, respectively. Results: Boys were about twice as likely to refuse total foods (rate ratio = 2.34, 95%CI = 1.34–4.09) and fruits (rate ratio = 2.03, 95%CI = 1.04–3.95) and 54% more likely to refuse vegetables (rate ratio = 1.54, 95%CI = 0.93–2.54). Children with Hispanic parents were twice as likely to refuse vegetables compared to children with non‐Hispanic White parents (rate ratio = 2.00, 95%CI = 1.03–3.90). In analyses stratified by the presence or absence of co‐occurring probable autism spectrum disorder, boys had greater food selectivity than girls. Conclusions: This study expands our understanding of food selectivity in children with intellectual disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]