Feeding and nutrition disorders are very common among children with developmental delay and children with chronic diseases. The Center for Feeding and Nutrition Disorders has a special program for infants and children with these problems.
Frequently diagnosed problems in our center:
Problems caused by premature birth, reflux, failure to thrive, neurological symptoms and neurological problems, metabolic diseases, Celiac disease, developmental delays.
Due to the complexity of feeding disorders the best medical approach is through a multidisciplinary team. The Center for Feeding and Nutrition Disorders is part of the center for children with chronic diseases, and its staff includes a vast variety of professionals specialized in working with children.
There are additional specialists that consult the center when required in the following fields: Gastroenterology, Genetics, Neurology, Pulmonology, Radiology, Psychiatry, Cardiology.
The services we provide in our clinic
When the patients arrive at the center each of our staff members meets with the patient and his family. After the primary evaluation, the staff members form a plan that would best suit the child's and family's life and their setting in the community. After forming a plan the staff meets with the child's parents and presents the plan that was meticulously formed by the staff's observations and evaluations while adding their specific recommendations for the parents.
The clinic's staff and the parents form the final plan and set a follow up meeting for reevaluation of the child and the plan. The goal of the treatment in our center is to reach the maximal nutrition suitable for the child and his needs.
In addition, the staff deals with the various aspects that effect the child's eating habits or are effected by them. These aspects have to do with the child's medical state and with the stress due to the child's feeding problems as well as balance of power in the family.