Improve behavioural and emotional challenges for your fussy eater

Improve behavioural and emotional challenges for your fussy eater

Working with over 100 parents a year as a Feeding Advisor, I am always looking for ways to support parents with information that will enable them to make informed decisions about their child’s eating, set goals and then gift them the strategies to make that a reality.

There is a tonne of information about optimal diets out in the ether, and I am always in two minds about sharing it. On the one hand education is power, on the other, knowing that we could be feeding our child ‘better’ but not being able to do so can be very stressful. I am therefore always cautious about what I share.

In this case this is information that I delved into in a nutrition course I took a few years ago, focused on children’s brain development. Studies showed that increasing certain nutrient intakes had an impact on behaviour, particularly for those who had challenges with emotional regulation.

In fact, there were specific nutrients that were often missing for children with, for example, ADHD. Further, that these nutrient deficiencies may promote behaviours that were similar to those found in children with ADHD. This raises a bit of a conundrum, is it the condition driving…