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Parents of children operated on for EA in our Institution from January 2012 to January 2016, answered a telephone structured interview developed specifically to conduct the present study, assessing eating skills at 3 years of age. Clinical data were collected from children\u2019s medical records. Parents (45 mothers and 6 fathers) of 51 children (male\u2009=\u200934; female\u2009=\u200917) with a median age of 3.5\u00a0years form the object of the study. Considering eating problems, parents reported that 23 children (45%) still have episodes of choking during meals at 3 years of age, 9 (45%) of these have more than one episode a week, and 19 parents (39%) reported higher levels of anxiety during mealtimes. Forty-four children (86%) were described by their parents as able to eat alone, 32 (65%) accepted all food textures and 45 (90%) was described as curious about food (3 years). Forty-three (86%) parents let their children eat with other people. Correlations showed that weaning age was significantly associated with number of dilatations (rs\u2009=\u20090.35, P\u2009=\u20090.012), days of mechanical ventilation (rs\u2009=\u00a00.40, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and presence of gastrostomy tube at discharge (rs\u2009=\u20090.45, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Chewing age resulted associated with number of dilatations (rs\u2009=\u20090.34, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) and days of mechanical ventilation (rs\u2009=\u20090.38, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01). Presence of choking episodes was associated with curiosity about food (rs\u2009=\u20090.29, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05), while frequent choking episodes were associated with higher parental anxiety during mealtimes (rs\u2009=\u20090.45, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). In order to prevent delay in the achievement of eating developmental milestones in children operated on of EA, we advocate a dedicated preventive intervention from birth to follow-up.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/dote\/doz102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,7]],"date-time":"2020-01-07T09:34:08Z","timestamp":1578389648000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Fixed the gap, solved the problem? 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