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Abstract：
(1) Background: With autistic children\'s high pervasiveness of eating problems and inappropriate feeding behaviors by their caregivers, this study wanted to inspect the connection between caregivers\' pressure to eat and food neophobia in these children. (2) Methods: Cross-sectional overview of 160 guardians of kids aged 2 to 7 years. After one-on-one questioning by the researcher, the collected information on the socio-demographic characteristics of the children with autism, caregiver feeding behavior, and new food neophobia (FN) scores was entered into the Questionnaire Star system. (3) Results: The mean FN score was 25.56 ± 6.46. The caregiver\'s pressure to eat positively related to children\'s FN (β = 0.164 95% CI, 0.078, 2.163). In these children, we found a negative correlation between FN score and the frequency of vegetable intake (p ≤ 0.001), fruit intake (p ≤ 0.05), aquatic product intake (p ≤ 0.05), and dietary diversity score (p ≤ 0.01), and positively correlated with the frequency of snack intake (p ≤ 0.05). (4) Conclusions: Caregiver pressure to eat was positively associated with high levels of FN in Chinese kids with ASD, which in turn negatively impacted dietary quality. To improve eating habits, caregivers should reconsider their feeding strategies and avoid using forceful methods to ease food neophobia in these children.
摘要：
(1)背景:自闭症儿童普遍存在的饮食问题和照顾者不适当的喂养行为,这项研究旨在研究这些儿童的照顾者的饮食压力和食物恐惧症之间的联系。（2）方法：对160名2至7岁儿童的监护人进行横断面概述。经过研究人员的一对一提问，收集到的自闭症儿童的社会人口统计学特征的信息，护理人员喂养行为，新的食物恐惧症（FN）得分被输入到问卷星系统中。(3)结果:FN平均得分为25.56±6.46。照顾者进食压力与儿童FN呈正相关(β=0.16495%CI,0.078,2.163)。在这些孩子中，我们发现FN评分与蔬菜摄入频率呈负相关(p≤0.001)，水果摄入量（p≤0.05），水产品摄入量（p≤0.05），和饮食多样性评分(p≤0.01)，与零食摄入频率呈正相关(p≤0.05)。(4)结论:在中国ASD患儿中,照顾者进食压力与高FN水平呈正相关,这反过来又对饮食质量产生了负面影响。改善饮食习惯，护理人员应重新考虑他们的喂养策略,避免使用强有力的方法来缓解这些儿童的食物恐惧症.
