Your Go-To Pediatric Nutrition Resource
Canadian Dietitians – Your Help is Needed! Julie here. It was about 4 years ago; I was doing an initial nutrition focused physical exam (NFPE) on a new patient admitted to my pediatric intensive care unit. I had just came back from a conference and had purchased a new book …
Phew. We made it through 2020 … barely. Not sure about you, but we’re hoping last year will soon become a distant memory that we’ll look upon fondly in the future as the year we spent at home. Bring on 2021! This month, we’ve decided to focus on cow’s milk …
Health care teams and caregivers often turn to us, Dietitians, when a child’s growth is faltering. As poor weight gain is often the first indication of failure to thrive, the new terminology recommended by AAP is weight faltering. Chronic struggles with weight often lead to poor gains in length and …
How many times has a parent come to you with concerns over formula tolerance in their infant? In our practices, it happens regularly. Whether it be fussiness, constipation or spit-ups, perceived intolerance is frequently reported by families as a reason for switching infant formulas. We don’t know about you, but …
Traditionally, weight, length/height, weight-for-length/BMI were used to identify pediatric malnutrition. In hospitalized children with special health care needs, obtaining a weight and length/height at admission can often be challenging, let alone getting an accurate measurement. Acute illness can affect weight via fluid shifts (think edema, ascites or even steroid use) …
If you’re working in the world of pediatric nutrition, food allergies are likely a frequent topic of conversation. And if you aren’t a peds dietitian, guaranteed you have a friend or family member who has a child with a food allergy. The big question often is: what’s the gold standard …
Did you know that preterm and neonatal infants are more vulnerable to malnutrition than at any other time in their life? Before we get started with this newsletter, let’s clarify some definitions: Preterm: an infant born at less than 37 weeks gestation. Neonate: an infant born at 37 weeks or …
WE HEARD YOU. You want more learning opportunities. So we’ve paired up with some pretty exciting guest experts to work on something BIG for you. It’s probably one of the topics we get the most questions about. You ask: Is baby-led weaning safe? How do we ensure that we meet …
COVID-19. You are likely close to your maximum capacity for COVID-19 information. But … we wouldn’t be doing our fellow dietitians justice if we didn’t share what little information is out there regarding the impacts of COVID-19 and nutritional considerations in infancy. What about the stats to date? On March …
Our first ever webinar: 5 Steps to Assessing Infants Like a Pro, at the tail end of 2018, had a whopping 743 people enrolled – yes, that’s right! We knew then, that we were on the right path, and that you were looking for more information on pediatric nutrition. 2019 …
