velopmental lags) and further contribute to f eeding difficulties. Associated factors include
infant temperament or developm ental impairments that reduce  an infant’s responsiveness
to feeding. Coexisting parental psychopathology, or child abus e or neglect, is suggested if
feeding and weight improve in response to ch anging caregivers. In infants, children, and
prepubertal adolescents, avoidant/restrictive food intake di sorder may be associated with
growth delay, and the resulting malnutrition  negatively affects development and learning