Feeding problems often occur in infant and children who are tube fed for extended periods of time due to some other illness or disability.
Feeding disorders can be caused by food allergies, by difficulty with the movement of the mouth or tongue (oromotor), or may be a cry for attention by a neglected child or a child with a behavioral disorder.
A feeding disorder is diagnosed when an infant's or child's continuing failure to eat causes inadequate weight gain or significant weight loss over at least a one-month period and there is no known medical condition or withholding of food that would cause the failure to eat.
Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food.
There are also several food sources which have caused the development of specialized feeding behaviors, such as:
In many instances, the specialization of organisms in a specific type of food source has been one of the major causes of evolution of form and function, such as:
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