Children’s Nutrition: How to Get Your Picky Eater to Try New Foods and Enjoy Them Article originally appeared on our client’s blog: BrightPath Early Learning & Child Care blog Being the parent or caregiver of a picky eater is tough. You want to expand their pallet but any food that isn’t on your child’s exclusive […]
Why I Love Working in Children’s Nutrition
By Registered Nutritionist and Calgary Paediatric Dietitian Lindsay Rieger on our nutrition counseling team As a paediatric dietitian here is why I adore working on strategies to overcome picky eating and other kids nutrition challenges I haven’t always loved children. In fact, I *may* have found them a smidge obnoxious at one point in my […]
Food, Feeding, Fun and Frustration
Top lessons learned from a dietitian momma We are excited to share this blog post from the newest member of the Health Stand Nutrition team, Lindsay Rieger, RD. Her full biography can be found here: Lindsay Reiger bio Lindsay’s energetic personality, encouraging temperament and small town charm won’t expect you to be perfect. Instead she […]
Children’s nutrition tips for picky eaters
Managing picky eating : No! That word was the most common response five-year-old Lee said to his parents when they encouraged him to try a new food. Lee’s parents were at their wits end and wondered if he would ever progress beyond his love of starchy foods, milk, yogurt and a select few fruits. Meal […]
#ThingsNutritionistsLike – Build Your Own Meals
My Favourite thing: “Build Your Own” Meals I have a family of 5 with very different taste preferences. When preparing meals I do not cater our menu to please everyone because I feel continuing to expose children to different food (even if they don’t particularly like it) is important. Food exposure is beneficial because it […]