Stevenson R D
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22903, USA.
Pediatr Ann. 1995 May;24(5):255-60. doi: 10.3928/0090-4481-19950501-08.
Feeding is a complex physiologic process that is further complicated by social and cultural influences. Feeding development, although dependent on structural integrity and neurologic maturation, is a learned progression of behaviors influenced by sensory motor development and experience. Children learn how to eat. Children with developmental disabilities frequently develop problems with feeding that can lead to malnutrition and respiratory symptoms. Feeding disorders are often the result of multiple interacting variables that have disrupted feeding development and the feeding relationship. The pediatrician who has a solid understanding of these variables can understand the problems, sort out the contributing causes, and intervene effectively.
进食是一个复杂的生理过程，社会和文化影响使其进一步复杂化。进食发展虽然依赖于结构完整性和神经成熟，但却是一个受感觉运动发展和经验影响的习得性行为进程。儿童学习如何进食。发育障碍儿童经常出现进食问题，可能导致营养不良和呼吸道症状。进食障碍往往是多种相互作用变量的结果，这些变量扰乱了进食发展和进食关系。对这些变量有扎实理解的儿科医生能够理解问题、梳理出促成原因并进行有效干预。
