Here at The Family Nutrition Expert Clinic, we have a special interest in supporting children’s nutrition. We work 1:1 with children and their families in our private clinic, and also assist schools, children’s homes and other health professionals and practitioners with nutritional training.
Do get in touch to find out more about how we can support you.
Why is Children’s Nutrition important?
More and more children are presenting with complex health issues, and these can be exacerbated by diet and challenges with nutritional intake. We understand how difficult it can be to feed our children well, and we are here to support you in a non-judgemental, practical and nurturing way.
We specialise in supporting restrictive eaters and their families, helping you with practical steps to gradually and gently nurture a more varied diet and healthy relationship with food.
We also have a special interest in neurodiversity (see below), food intolerances, digestive challenges, eczema and other skin issues.
As experienced and properly qualified nutritional therapists, myself and my clinical team are here to help you with an individual and bespoke approach to nutrition, that suits your child and their specific needs.
We can also offer a range of functional testing to help find out more about the potential underlying imbalances impacting your child. These non-invasive tests include:
- Functional stool testing and microbiome analysis
- Hair mineral analysis (for mineral and nutrient balance, heavy metals)
- Organic acid testing (from urine) to assess nutritional balance, metabolic health, microbiome
- Food intolerance testing (finger prick available).
Please do get in touch to find out more.
A special interest in children with neurodiversity
Through additional training, and our experience in clinic and with our own families, we have a special interest in supporting children, young people and adults with neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism.
Nutrition can play an important role in helping to support neurodiverse individuals to feel their best and to be able to thrive in a neurotypical world.
We can also help support some of the challenges that neurodiversity may bring, including digestive issues, problems with sleep, anxiety and low mood. We also also understand that making dietary changes can be tough, especially when food choices might already be limited.
The microbiome and gut health are also key areas to focus on, and we have helped many families to address their microbiome imbalances, supporting where appropriate with functional stool testing and professional guidance on how to manage those results with the right dietary, lifestyle and bespoke supplementary support.
One to One Children’s Nutrition Consultation Package:
Our children’s consultation package begins with 3 appointments over a period of 6 to 8 weeks. This allows us to make bespoke and professionally guided changes to your child’s nutrition, which we can then review and tweak depending on how they respond. Following this 8 week period, if you need further ongoing support, we can arrange a maintenance programme of appointments, at intervals to suit you.
Our one to one children’s package is ideal if your child has a specific health issue you would like to address, or they struggle with healthy choices. The kind of issues we work with in our one to one clinic include:
- Your child refuses healthy choices, has a very sweet tooth, or has very restrictive eating patterns.
- Your child struggles with concentration, you suspect some form of neurodiversity or they already have a diagnosis. You’d like to explore how nutrition may help.
- You’re concerned about your child’s weight and need someone to help teach them about healthy eating, without making them feel uncomfortable about their weight
- Your child has digestive issues and you’d like advice on how to feed them in the right way for their tummy troubles, and address what may be driving their gut issues
- You want to know which nutrients and supplements
to give your child to support their ongoing wellbeing - Your child experiences anxiety, mood swings or depression and you think it could be exacerbated by diet
- Your child is constantly tired, unwell with colds or other infections and generally just seems continually under the weather
If you would like to book your child to see one of our clinical team, please get in contact with us today. You can email info@catherinejeans.com or get in contact through my contact page by clicking the link below.