TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 3. Feeding and Swallowing Disorders A1 - Noel, Richard J. A2 - Bishop, Warren P. Y1 - 2010 N1 - T2 - Pediatric Practice: Gastroenterology AB - Pediatric feeding disorders may be defined as problems with the developmentally appropriate intake of food. This broad category includes difficulties that objectively result in nutritional or medical risk (e.g., refusal of dietary protein leading to protein energy malnutrition), as well as those perceived as problematic by the child’s family that result in stressful mealtimes without objective medical consequence. These do not include eating disorders (i.e., anorexia and bulimia) or obesity. Pediatric feeding disorders may be associated with medical disease (often gastrointestinal), malnutrition or failure to gain weight, developmental delays affecting skill acquisition, and interpersonal disorders. Feeding problems have been characterized simply along axes of ability and desire,1 by biophysical etiology,2 or by criteria that focus on interpersonal relationships.3 Children with feeding disorders are best assessed and managed by interdisciplinary teams that address all sides of the problem, given that distinct facets of the disorder require individual expert assessment and intervention. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/10 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55943971 ER -