Nutrition and Children with Special Needs – What you Need to Know
How do you navigate nutrition and children with special needs? While a healthy approach to eating can be tricky for most of us, adding in an underlying disease or disorder can make it even more challenging. With so much information available through various channels, and with a proliferation of diets, fads and the latest “must try” item, how can anyone figure out what is the right approach, let alone guide their child with patience and commitment?
Join dietician Denise Fair to learn more about nutrition and children with special needs, as she offers guidance to parents and caregivers.
- The nutritional needs of children as they develop
- The gut-brain connection
- Additional dietary considerations for those with special needs and disabilities
- How to overcome troublesome issues that can make “healthy eating” seem impossible to achieve
- Classic diets that many of you may have tried with your child
- Myth-busting
The event will take place online, and you can register here.
Special Needs Network Hong Kong (SNNHK) is a networked community supporting parents and caregivers of individuals with special educational and/or medical needs (“special needs”) in Hong Kong.
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