Pediatric dietetics

The child requires specific nutrients at every stage of growth, and it is essential that attention be paid to how nutrition affects proper development.

Family counseling

In order for everyone to cooperate in ensuring proper nutrition for the child, family involvement is crucial.

The task of the pediatric dietitian is therefore to accompany families facing the issue of pediatric malnutrition by offering age-appropriate advice and eating patterns, teaching even older children what it means to feed themselves properly and peacefully, whatever the need.

The main areas of the pediatric dietitian are:

  • Malnutrition (excessive thinness and obesity).
  • Poor growth.
  • Heart disease.
  • Eating difficulties of the neurologic and/or syndromic child.
  • Diabetes.
  • Dyslipidemia.
  • Eating disorders.
  • Nephropathies.
  • Cystic fibrosis.
  • Artificial (enteral) nutrition.
  • Cholestasis and chronic liver disease.
  • Pancreatic insufficiency.
  • Nutritional therapy of Crohn's disease.
  • Celiac disease.
  • Food allergies and intolerances.

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The original version is the page in Italian.