TABLE 1.

Spearman's correlation coefficients between eating behaviours and autism spectrum quotient (AQ‐10) scores (ρ)

	Items	Correlation with AQ score
Visual appearance	1. There are some foods that I feel unpleasant or scared just looking at it;	0.13
	2. There are some foods I can't eat because I don't like the shape or colour;	0.22
Smell	I can't eat strong smell food;	0.22
Food texture	1. When eating some food, the texture can be annoying and unpleasant;	0.38**
	2. There are certain textures that I don't like, like a squishy or rough texture;	0.30*
	3. I don't like mixed textures, like soft bread with crunchy cucumber;	0.11
Taste	1. There are certain tastes that I don't like, like sour and umami seasoning;	0.30*
	2. I don't like deeply seasoned food;	0.26*
Mixed flavours	1. I don't like to mixed tastes, so I tend to eat all the dishes before eating the main food rice (or vice versa);	0.44**
	2. I don't like mixed tastes, like mixture from sweet and sour;	0.33**
Interoception	1. I feel like I'm drinking water all the time;	0.32**
	2. I don't know what it feels like to be thirsty or hungry;	0.34**
Food selectivity	1. There are many foods that I dislike and limited foods I can eat;	0.25*
	2. I tend to eat the same food every day;	0.34**
	3. I can't eat hot food;	0.15
	4. Vegetables are not delicious;	0.08
	5. I can't eat stimulating food, such as carbonated drinks and spices;	0.16
	6. There are some foods that I do not eat.	0.16
	7. I can't eat food that tastes different from what I expected;	0.16

Note: Values displayed in bold and with asterisks indicate the level of statistical significance (**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, after FDR correction for multiple testing).

Abbreviation: FDR, False discovery rate.