CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR RESEARCH

• Published in: Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2017-10, Vol.71 (Suppl. 2), p.52
• Main Author: Moreno, Alma Gabriela Martinez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Behavior modification; Communities; Disabilities; Eating; Eating behavior; Education; Feeding; Feeding behavior; Food chains; Human behavior; Intervention; Meals; Mental disorders; Nutrition; Nutrition therapy; Parents; Psychology; Rehabilitation; Sensory evaluation; Social environment; Therapeutic applications
• ISSN: 0250-6807; 1421-9697
• DOI: 10.1159/000480486

Eating is often seeming as a simple process. But that is an illusion. Eating behavior is an extraordinary complex process that can be challenging for many individuals. Human eating behavior is defined as an individual's fed actions that have one or more dimensions that can be observed and recorded. Feeding and eating behaviors have an impact on the physical and social environment. For this reason, feeding behavior research can provide to nutrition professionals a comprehensive set of postulates from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to modify some feeding problematic behaviors. It distinguished by types of clinical problems addressed, the mode of therapeutic intervention, and settings in which therapy is typically conducted. Within clinical contexts, ABA is used extensively in a variety of circumstances and it has proven its efficacy in many areas including: developmental disabilities, mental illness, education and special education, rehabilitation, community psychology, clinical psychology, business, industry, and human services; self-management, child behavior management, prevention sports performance, health-related behaviors; and lately, educational settings above feeding behavior. One of the biggest challenges is helping our people to be a good eaters and no to be a problem or a resistant eater. We all want our kids, patients and all people to eat nutritious foods from a wide variety of sources in the proper portion sizes. But eating the right foods is not easy. Behavior modification procedures can help to resolve eating difficulties. Besides of a medical, nutritional and sensorial evaluation we need a behavioral evaluation. Just as you need to identify any medical, physical, and sensory issues that may be contributing to your feeding problems before starting to food chain, you need to understand behaviors that may be playing a role. ABA principles have helped to identify a negative and positive behaviors in eating time. Reinforce the positive and change the negative is no too difficult that we think. Clinical applications of feeding research provide an evaluation to the behaviors in meals and common positive and negative behaviors identification, procedures to modification and rules to maintain an optimum feeding. The importance of maintaining a well-balanced perspective when managing problems with eating. Parents and professionals must seek out support and training in their community and strive for excellence and consistency when working with special