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Childhood Obesity and Nutrition Guidance
From poor appetite to weight management, from picky eating to iron deficiency: together we shape your child's nutrition for their age.
What is nutrition guidance?
Nutrition guidance means assessing your child's diet against their age and growth curve and shaping it together with the family. Rather than handing over a diet sheet, I aim to build a sustainable plan by talking through mealtime routines, variety of foods and family habits.
What do I help with?
- Poor appetite and insufficient weight gain,
- picky eating and battles at the table,
- excess weight and sugary drink habits,
- monitoring deficiencies such as iron, vitamin D and B12,
- starting solids and infant feeding.
How do I work?
First I look at the growth curve: is there really a problem, or is the child progressing healthily along their own percentile? Then I listen to a few days of typical eating and plan tests if needed. Advice has to fit the family's kitchen and routine; I prefer a good plan that gets followed to a perfect list that does not. We track progress together at well-child visits.
Small but effective principles
Sitting down to eat together, meals without screens, making water the main drink and keeping snacks to set times: in most feeding problems these four steps come before any medicine.
Frequently asked questions
My child eats very little. Should I start vitamins?
Do not start on your own. Poor appetite is most often the natural slowing of the growth pace; we decide on supplements together after an examination and, if needed, a blood test.
Does picky eating get better?
Mostly yes. Offering foods repeatedly, patiently and without pressure is the most effective approach; accepting a food can take 10 to 15 tries. Forcing a child to eat prolongs the problem.
Does excess weight call for a diet?
A strict diet is rarely right for children. The aim is usually to hold weight steady while height catches up, and to change screen, sleep and sugary drink habits together.
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