While growing up, Seren Sonell, a 32-year-old theater artist in New York City, had an aversion to hard, crunchy, and cold foods, as well as fruits and vegetables. Food aversions are common among ...

Due to researchers' increasing attention and interest in exploring neurodivergence, there is a constant influx of new information pertaining to the commonalities between autism and eating disorders.

A Welsh mom says she has to constantly monitor her 3-year-old daughter, who has autism and pica, to stop her from munching on potentially dangerous items around the house. Stacey A'Hearne / SWNS A ...

While it's well established that autism and certain eating issues go hand in hand, does gender also play a role? Apparently it does, according to Swedish researchers who set out to better understand ...

The stereotypes surrounding autism would give an impression that an autistic person might be unlikely to develop an eating disorder (which holds almost opposite stereotypes of young women who strive ...

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder tied to autism and anxiety. People with ARFID have trouble eating due to sensory aversions to food. A new study of children with ...

Pregnant women are advised to eat 8 to 12 ounces (about two to three servings) of seafood low in mercury a week to aid fetal brain development. malkovkosta - stock.adobe.com In cod they trust. “This ...

"He is non-verbal, and 'Dinty Moore' were some of his first words," Danny Young's dad wrote to the company, which responded with gifts and a year's supply of free food Any time Matt Mills starts his ...

The theory that the gut microbiome is heavily linked to autism has endured for a long time. Probiotic supplements, specialized diets, and even fecal transplants nowadays promise to treat autism ...