Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of caregivers of
children with feeding disorders. We sought to understand their child's feeding impairment …

Pediatric feeding problems occur in 25% of the general pediatric population and up to 80%
of those who have developmental delays. When feeding problems place the child at …

Purpose: Feeding difficulties in early childhood are common, affecting approximately 25% of
typically developing children and up to 80% of children with developmental disabilities …

Background: Feeding difficulties are common with an estimated prevalence of 25%–45% in
normally developing children. Clinicians and researchers emphasize the need for timely and …

Families of children with feeding disorders frequently present to primary care settings.
Although providers are often knowledgeable about medical and developmental etiologies …

The feeding of young children is fundamentally a relational and multisystemic process.
Successful treatment of clinically significant feeding problems involves careful assessment …

Feeding plays a central role in the parent-infant relationship. The developmental
progression of food selectivity is primarily determined by a child's ability to manipulate …

Pediatric feeding disorders are common: 25% of children are reported to present with some
form of feeding disorder. This number increases to 80% in developmentally delayed …

Compared behavior problems, child developmental skills, home environment, and parent
emotional distress for 50 families of children aged 11–70 months with differing etiologies of …

Parents and guardians of children with disabilities and chronic illness travel a difficult road.
This appears to be especially true of parents/guardians of children with feeding and …