Eating Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Interventions

This article aims to integrate the physical and emotional dimensions of eating problems in infancy into the assessment process and the intervention approach. We emphasize the distinction between the child's own eating pattern and the parent-child feeding relationship. We describe the classification of eating behavior disorders in infancy and provide 2 short clinical vignettes that illustrate using the DC:0 to 5 classification framework. The assessment section includes the recommended physical/medical workup. Finally, we describe 2 clinical vignettes that illustrate the integrated multidisciplinary model of intervention for eating disorders in infancy and early childhood.