A paediatric dietician is a specialist in the nutrition of children and youth, who combines the knowledge on paediatrics, metabolic diseases, internal medicine, allergology, psychology and food sciences.During a consultation, a paediatric dietician assesses the nutritional status and the diet of a child, as well as presents the dietary recommendation that take into account the patient’s lifestyle, his/her needs, health status and age. The role of a paediatric dietician is to nutritionally treat eating and appetite disorders in children and youth.
The task of a paediatric dietician is also to provide advice on such conditions as:
- food allergy;
- coeliac disease;
- food intolerances;
- diabetes;
- autoimmune diseases;
- anaemia;
- metabolic syndrome;
- overweight in children.
Moreover, the role of a dietician is to educate, undertake preventive actions and provide substantive support for child carers in terms of nutrition.
An appointment with a paediatric dietician for children and youth includes:
- precise nutritional history and analysis of the current eating habits, verification of the nutritional value in terms of the calorific value and the content of fat, proteins and carbohydrates,
- assessment of the child’s nutritional state, calculation of the body mass index (BMI),
- advice on healthy eating.
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