Previous studies suggest that changes in eating habits are present in 80% of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis and may be the initial clinical manifestation and may increase the probability of death. Additionally, some patients have swallowing problems, which may indicate disease progressionand brainstem dysfunction. Thirty eight patients with FTD diagnosis were recruited at The Memory Clinic of the San Ignacio Hospital at the Javeriana University in Bogotá, Colombia. With the objective of identify the changes in eating habits, we used a semi-structured interview and some clinical scales: the Columbia University Scale for psychopathology in Alzheimer Disease, and the Frontal Behavioral Inventory (Kertesz). We found that 86,8% of patients report any change in eating habits; the more frequent disorders were hyporexia (45%, n = 17) and overeating (34 %, n = 13). > In our sample of patients with PPA (n = 11), the most frequent changes in the eating habit were overeating (54.5%, n = 6), taste and olfaction problems (27.3% n = 3) and hyporexia (18.2% n = 2). In patients with SD (n = 6) hyporexia was more frequent (66,7%, n = 4), and restrictive patterns were found in 33,3% of patients (n = 2). In patients with frontal variant of FTD (n = 17) hyporexia was the more common disorder (52,9%); overeating was present in 35,3% n = 6 and 23,5 % (n = 4) showed taste and olfaction problems. In patients with other variants of FTD, dysphagia for liquids and solids was as common as hyporexia (n = 4). Changes in eating habits are common in patients with FTD diagnosis. In PPA patients overeating is more common, whereas in SD patients hyporexia is more frequent, and in other variants of FTD dysphagia is as common as hyporexia.