Author Identifier (ORCID)
Catherine Panossian
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7800-8112
Philippa Lyons-Wall
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-1055
Johnny Lo
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1913-5354
Therese O’Sullivan
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-854X
Abstract
This study explored the association between autistic-like traits in young adults and dietary intake in early childhood in the Gen2 Raine Study cohort. Data were available from 811 participants at years 1, 2 and 3 for the assessment of dietary intake, and at year 20 for measurement of autistic-like traits. Results showed as autistic-like traits increased, total food variety, core food variety and dairy variety decreased (p < 0.05), with a lower consumption of citrus fruits and yoghurt (both p = 0.04). As autistic-like traits increased, diet quality decreased, this trend was significant at 2 years (p = 0.024). Our results suggest that young adults with higher autistic-like traits were more likely to have had lower food variety and diet quality in early childhood.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2021
Publication Title
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publisher
Springer
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
32162
Funders
Edith Cowan University - Open Access Support Scheme 2020
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Panossian, C., Lyons-Wall, P., Whitehouse, A., Oddy, W. H., Lo, J., Scott, J., & O’Sullivan, T. A. (2021). Young adults with high autistic-like traits displayed lower food variety and diet quality in childhood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 685 - 696.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04567-4