Eating Challenges

What is ARFID?

Different from fussy or picky eating?

What are some of the causes

Increasing the food range

Why does this need to be addressed?

What is a food jag?

Medical complications

How do sensory sensitivities contribute?

At school

Age of presentation

Offering rewards to your children

Key messages

Types of eating disorders and the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating

Early signs of an eating disorder - three areas to be aware of

Specific behaviours that may occur

Involving the General Practice

The starved brain

Separating the child from the disorder

The importance of eating regularly

Compensatory behaviours

Responding to "why are you trying to make me fat?"

What to say when others make comments

High performance sport

How do we manage the impact of an eating disorder on our family and our lives?

Tips

The 48hr menu

Involving the GP, private and public services

What is ARFID - resources, outcomes

Private options - home visits, upskilling parents

Impact on long term health, genetic or observed factors

Starving rather than eat - what to do

Responding to comments from grandparents and others

Key learning - take home messages