Feeding Problem Symptom Trajectories in Infants and Toddlers

Infants who require neonatal care for serious health conditions commonly have problems with feeding that persist well into childhood. This project is highly relevant to public health because it will describe early biological and behavioral symptoms of problematic feeding that tend to progress to chronic feeding disorders. This will identify early time points for delivery of symptom-based interventions to prevent the shift to a chronic feeding disorder and promote the development of healthy feeding patterns.