Your child may need to add more calories to their diet if they do not gain weight at the expected rate for their age. Find out how to add calories to meals and snacks to increase weight and energy.
Sometimes infants do not gain weight at the rate they are supposed to. Find out ways to increase your baby's caloric intake in a healthy manner.
To mark Nutrition Month, find out about tube feeding, special diets, food allergies and sensitivities, bowel conditions and more.
Find out what happens to the body and what treatments are available when the kidneys are not working properly.
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.
Kidney disease may occur later in life as a result of diabetes. Learn about diabetic nephropathy, diagnosis and treatment.
Read about the reasons you might need a kidney transplant and how a kidney transplant can affect your future.
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.
Caring for an ill child is stressful. Learn some helpful tips about healthy eating on the go.
Nephrology covers the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases. The kidneys are the body’s filtering system. Learn about the diseases and syndromes that affect the kidneys, the procedures used to investigate kidney function and health, and how kidney diseases are managed and treated.
Read about why poor appetite and weight loss may occur during brain tumour treatment and what you can do to help your child.
Learn about how growth and stature are affected by congenital heart disease.
This hub offers information and tools to help teens understand what to expect before, during and after kidney transplant surgery.
Shock wave lithotripsy is a treatment to break down kidney stones. Find out how to prepare for the treatment and how to care for your child afterwards.
Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a kidney transplant.
Learn what a kidney biopsy is and why it is done. Also find information about what will happen to your child before, during, and after the procedure.
