Nutrition for Children and Teens
We all want our children to be healthy, happy and well-nourished! We want our children to learn how to listen to their bodies and eat a balance of foods that will provide them with everything they need… and we don’t want to pull our hair out doing so!
At Pine Cone Health, our dietitians strive to make feeding your children as stress-free as possible. Whether it is food allergies, picky eating, food jags or other feeding difficulties, our dietitians can help create a plan with you that will foster a positive relationship with food and pleasant mealtimes. No short-order cooking required!
We believe in “family centered care”, working closely with parents and caregivers so they can feel comfortable, confident and at ease about providing their child with the nutrition they need!
We nourish children from infancy through to adolescence.
Nutritional Services We Provide
Food Allergies
Many of the top food allergens are pretty ubiquitous in our food supply. Having a child diagnosed with a food allergy can be an anxiety-driving experience. At Pine Cone, dietitians are here to support you understand the culprit foods & ingredients, as well as, source alternatives, resources and recipes that can support your child’s growth and development.
Picky Eating
Picky eating is one of the top nutrition issues of parenting. The majority of parents deal with some degree of ‘pickiness’ as a child grows. The dietitians at Pine have numerous strategies for addressing picky eating, whether it is related to sensory issues, strong food preferences and/or developmental stage. The goal is to return family mealtimes to a battle-free zone, where conflict is low and connection is high.
Starting Solids
Baby-led weaning? Texture progression? Feeding small children can be just as overwhelming as delivering them! The goal of our dietitians is to turn down the noise of all of the varying strategies, advice and ‘ways’ to feed your child, and focus on what works best for you and your baby, while aiming to meet your infant’s delicate nutrition requirements.
Healthy Body Weight
Have concerns about how your child is growing? The last thing we want to do as parents is make our children feel less-than when it comes to their own body and body size. Consider speaking with a dietitian at Pine to find way to address weight and weight-related issues, implement strategies that support healthy family meals, nutrition education and supportive and pressure-free eating environments in the home.
Dieticians
Nutritional Experts here to help your child with food choices
Menu Planning Magic
Menu Planning Magic
Any household with children will tell you that the supper hour is usually mayhem. If you know what you are cooking, you probably forgot to defrost it. If you don’t know what you are cooking, chances are it’s 4:37 pm and everyone, including the dog, is hangry. Regular menu-planning can reduce household spending at the grocery store, food waste (those darn sacrificial fridge vegetables!!) and take the pressure off the dinner hour. Pine dietitians come armed with tried, tested and true meal planning strategies, recipes and pre-written menu plans to support you and your families.
Some other Struggles We Can Help Your Child or Teen With:
Intuitive Eating
Disordered Eating
Overeating
Nutritional Concerns
Healthy Eating Plans
Diabetic Nutrition
Encouraging Health Food Choices
Allergies / Food Intolerance
Failure to Thrive
Mealtime Struggles
Healthy Food Choices
Feeding Concerns
Emotional Eating
Constant Snacking
Sugar Addiction
Resistance to Try New Foods
Breastfeeding / formula feeding concerns
Menu Planning
What Does a Children’s Dietician Do?
A registered pediatric dietitian assists children in following a healthy diet and improving their eating pattern to manage their medical condition or nutritional needs. Feeding children can be a challenge on the best of days. Add in a major pandemic, kids at home 24/7, new routines and extra stress, and it can cause a lot of anxiety and frustration. Mealtime power struggles, picky eating, all-day snacking and short-order cooking are all be a reality for most parents right now
Pediatric Dietitians can give you and your child general healthy eating advice or help you manage dietary conditions. They can also help you with setting boundaries and coping strategies as we navigate our way through a most challenging year.
Meet the Edmonton Pediatric Nutrition Team
Megan Wallace
Registered Dietician – Edmonton
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Healthy Weights
- Picky Eating
- Infant Feeding/Starting Solids
- Food Allergies
- Food & Body Relationship
- Family Meal Planning
I am extremely passionate about working with children and families. As a Mum to three, young kiddos myself (4.5, 2.5 and 1) I can assure you, I am in the arena fighting the same battles as you.
While navigating food with children can be tiresome and challenging, I long for the opportunity to teach parents and caregivers strategies to address picky eaters, decrease mealtime drama and not have to eat ‘kid-food’ every night. Among my passion for giving parents’ permission to relax at mealtimes, I also seek to support the health of children in a variety of other areas.
Emily Fleming
Registered Dietician – Sherwood Park
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Intuitive eating
- Mindful eating
- Disordered eating
- Food relationship
- Maternal health
- Children’s Health
- Bowel health
- Health optimization
- Chronic disease prevention and management
- PCOS
- Food allergies and intolerances
- Meal planning
Emily is a Dietitian registered with the College of Dietitians of Alberta. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alberta in 2018 and is currently completing her Master of Public Health. Before joining Pine, Emily worked in outpatient counselling in the public sector serving clients across the lifespan with various nutrition concerns, including chronic disease management, digestive concerns, health optimization, and disordered eating. Emily‘s main goal is to help her clients feel confident in any food-related decision they make, regardless of the area of their concern. Emily takes a weight-neutral approach to health where the pursuit of thinness gets put aside, diet plans are ditched, and meaningful values-based nutrition changes are made. When not working or studying, Emily can be found trying new recipes, mountain biking or cross-country skiing in the river valley, or being an all-around home body.
Topic Practice Areas
- Disordered eating
- Gastrointestinal concerns
- Intuitive eating
- Nutrition optimization
- Maternal health
- Healthy growth
- Food allergies and intolerances
- Picky eating
- Meal planning
We would love to help you find a Pediatric Dietician that is the best fit for you.
Please contact us with any questions or book your appointment online with us today.
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