ADHD and diet in children
Best practice update
Miriam Raleigh, paediatric APD discusses the evidence around diet in the management of ADHD:
- Key assessment questions when a parent/carer comes to you seeking advice about diet for their child with ADHD
- Evidence for diets which parents may commonly ask about: GF/CF, low additive, RPAH/Failsafe
- Dietary considerations other than elimination diets
- Common nutritional issues in a child with ADHD
- Appetite, particularly with medication use
- Weight loss or plateau
- Fussiness
- Vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron
- Key points for dietitians concerning paediatric clients with ADHD
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About the Presenter
Miriam Raleigh has been working with children since she completed her certificate in paediatric dietetics from the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne 16 years ago. She has extensive experience in children’s nutrition which includes the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London and her paediatric private practice Child Nutrition.
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