BS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
Feeding Styles of Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Candaba and San Luis, Pampanga

Author

Maria Daniela V. Sagum

Adviser

Aileen R. De Juras, RND, PhD

The feeding styles of caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Candaba and San Luis, Pampanga was investigated to characterize their practiced feeding approach and its key determinants. Children with ASD depend on their caregivers for feeding due to late development of self-care skills, in which the feeding styles of the caregivers play a role in their eating habits. Qualitative research design using the phenomenological approach was used in this study to unearth the phenomenon of feeding children with ASD. Eleven (11) participants from Candaba and San Luis, Pampanga shared their narratives on feeding the children with ASD. Results found that indulgent feeding was the most used style, while no caregiver practiced uninvolved feeding. The former approach was used by caregivers whose children have strict preferences in food. Most caregivers have different approaches in parenting and feeding children with ASD. Feeding difficulties found were high food selectivity or strict food preference and mealtime behaviors. The children’s characteristics majorly dictate the styles used over their caregivers’, influencing their own eating habits. With this, feeding styles of caregivers in children with ASD must be studied further to determine if these contribute to eating habits like in typically-developing children.

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