Autism-like behaviours and memory deficits result from a western diet in mice

While certain dietary interventions are commonly used by young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to treat their condition, Fraguas et al. (2019) tell us that the evidence does not currently back up the efficacy of these interventions. This review uses a meta-analytic approach to evaluate its efficacies on the symptoms, functions, and clinical domains […]

This 2018 study set out to better understand the clinical characteristics of severe food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Sharp et al. inspected the electronic medical record review of children (aged 2 to 17 years) with ASD and severe food selectivity, who attended a specialty feeding clinic in the southeastern United States […]