Specialist feeding clinics

Feeding difficulties are common in early life and in addition to causing considerable family stress may adversely affect growth and health. They are also a frequent feature of chronic childhood illness, particularly in neurodisability. While various different multidisciplinary approaches to assessme...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2008-02, Vol.93 (2), p.164-167
Main Author: Puntis, J W L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory Care Facilities - organization & administration
Anxiety
Biological and medical sciences
Breast feeding
Cerebral palsy
Child Health
Child Health Services - organization & administration
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Company business management
Demographic aspects
Developmental Delays
Developmental Stages
Dietetics
Expertise
Failure to Thrive - therapy
Families & family life
Feeding and Eating Disorders - diagnosis
Feeding and Eating Disorders - therapy
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood - therapy
Food
Food and nutrition
Gastroenterology
General aspects
Humans
Individual Differences
Infant
Management
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nutrition
Parenteral nutrition
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Prevention and actions
Professionals
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychologists
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Referral and Consultation
Resistance (Psychology)
Sick children
Speech
Speech therapists
Speech Therapy
Young Children
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Summary:Feeding difficulties are common in early life and in addition to causing considerable family stress may adversely affect growth and health. They are also a frequent feature of chronic childhood illness, particularly in neurodisability. While various different multidisciplinary approaches to assessment and management are described, none have been directed to managing the whole spectrum of feeding problems in children with and without underlying disease. Although specialist feeding clinics attempt to address a very clear need for expert help and support on the part of families and patients, few data have been published to establish the effectiveness of the interventions offered.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.2006.108829