Impact of diet on sensory processing in early childhood: summary of an interactive webconference / expert roundtable discussion

ABSTRACT

Pediatric feeding disorders can be seen in up to 45% of normally developing children aged under 5 years old, mainly during the first three years of life when the child has inadequate food intake and/or difficulty maintaining adequate growth, and/or lack of age-appropriate eating habit. This article describes the opinion of a group of experts on children eating patterns and how to manage pediatric feeding disorders, with the aim to improve the quality of life of children and their caregivers.

KEYWORDS:

• Diet
• early childhood
• eating habits
• feeding disorders
• sensory processing

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Nutricia for the interactive webconference organization and the opportunity to highlight the pediatric feeding disorders topic, and Content Ed Net PSI SAS (France) for the support in the preparation of this manuscript. Writing assistance was funded by Nutricia.

Reviewer disclosures

Peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial or other relationships to disclose.

Author contributions

The 3 authors were involved in the conception and design, analysis and interpretation of the data; the drafting of the paper revising it critically for intellectual content; and the final approval of the version to be published; and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Declaration of financial/other relationships

AL declares conflicts of interest with Nestlé Health Science and Nutricia.

JL declares conflicts of interest with Nestlé Health Science, Nutricia, Biocodex, Biostime, Mead Johnson, ADARE, and Abbvie.

MB declares conflicts of interest with Nestlé Health Science, Nutricia, Danone, Nestle, Biocodex, Mead Johnson, Menarini, ADARE, and Pediact.

The authors retained the editorial process, including the discussion at all times. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors.

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Funding

There was no financial reward associated with writing the paper. Content Ed Net PSI SAS (France) provided editorial and medical writing assistance for the preparation of this manuscript based on the Good Publication Practice (GPP3) and the ICMJE requirements; this assistance was funded by Nutricia.