Learn about the important role of nutrition. A heart condition can make it hard for kids to get the nutrition they need and may result in failure to thrive.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Learn what nutrition is optimal for your child from the time they are born to the time they are a teen. Learn about the different food groups and find information about the different nutrients that food contains.
Read about various nutrition and feeding consultants, such as dietitians and lactation consultants, who work to ensure that babies and children with heart conditions receive proper nutrition.
Enteral nutrition is any method of feeding that uses the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver nutrition to your child. It can include food given through their mouth or through a feeding tube.
Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.
Learn how dietitians help during your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Discover the various stages of your baby's nutrition and how to handle issues such as spitting up.
Learn about nutrition and how to store and handle food after your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Learn about what a premature baby needs to eat and how they can get proper nutrition.
This resource contains both general diabetes information and a series of educational videos about diabetes management and nutrition.
Learn about macronutrients and micronutrients and how eating a balance of these can help support your mood and general wellbeing.
Parenteral nutrition is liquid nutrition that is given to your child through an intravenous (IV) infusion if their digestive system cannot absorb or tolerate adequate food or fluids by mouth or through a feeding tube to be able to grow and thrive.
Learn how to read nutrition labels to help compare and choose products, and to make informed food choices.
Maintaining a healthy diet is an essential part of diabetes management. Learn why it's so important.
Learn about the mixture of nutrients in parenteral nutrition (PN) and how to provide your child PN at home.
Find out how to encourage your tween or teen to make healthy food and drink choices when eating out.
Intestinal failure is a condition in which the GI tract cannot absorb the nutrients a child needs for growth and day-to-day life. Learn about the causes and treatments.
Discover the sources and acceptable daily intake limits, if any, of sweeteners and caffeine.
Developing positive eating habits can be difficult. Find out what your teen can do every day to develop a healthy attitude toward food.
A dietitian can help you with special food requirements during cancer treatment. Find out what else a dietitian does and why you will have one as part of your health-care team.
Find out what athletes at all levels should eat and drink before, during and after sports and exercise.
Learn why good nutrition during leukemia is so important and how to manage nutritional side-effects of chemotherapy.
A port provides a comfortable, convenient way to receive medications such as chemotherapy, IV nutrition and fluids, and from which to have blood samples taken. Learn about this procedure.
