New #feedingdifficulties research
"...healthcare practitioners are relying on anthropometric measurements of growth to identify feeding difficulties, and the most common age at which feeding difficulties are seen in practice is after two years ..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#openaccess
"Eating is the most difficult sensory task that children do!" #Foodrefusal is often mistaken as behavioural, when it is a natural response to compensate for underdeveloped feeding skills & regulation challenges.
#Feedingtherapy can help!
#feedingdifficulties #feedingtherapydietitian #fussyeating ?×
#Fussyeating is often a symptom of an underlying cause that can be addressed.
Low muscle tone makes chewing & swallowing harder, causes fatigue, discomfort & avoidance of hard/chewy foods. #feedingtherapy can help.
#feedingdifficulties #sosapproachtofeeding #multidisciplinarycare
"Good nutrition is not just WHAT to eat, it's HOW to eat."Children with sensory &developmental challenges gravitate towards foods that are easy to eat: calorie not nutrient dense. Meat &veg are harder to eat
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"1/2 of families with a paediatric feeding disorder are clinically depressed. It's extremely stressful living with children with feeding disorders. Second only to parents of children with cancer."
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"When children don't eat it's not because something in their body doesn't work as expected. Feeding issues are not in their head, not in their parents' heads."
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Looking forward to sharing some new #feedingtherapy and #foodplay ideas with the families I work with, with children with #feedingdifficulties, after a week of updating knowledge and skills.
#sosapproachtofeeding #feeding #sos
