Jill Castle
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540 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2017
last heard Nov 2022
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Number one,
Nutrition is important for any child, whether they have a learning challenge, a behavioral challenge, or no challenges whatsoever.
The important job of childhood is growth and development.
And that doesn't just mean the growth of the body, it also means the growth and development of the brain.
So nutrition is always going to be important to that.
We know that with children who have ADHD,
There are certain things that they're a little bit more potentially challenged with, appetite being one of them, body weight being another one, and that can be underweight and it can be overweight.
In fact, in ADHD, we're seeing more and more children who are overweight with ADHD.
And that has health implications later on, potentially.
We also see nutrient deficiencies in ADHD.
And those are sort of the three top line things that stand out as a nutritionist when I'm working with somebody with ADHD to look for.
But beyond that, there are other things that children with ADHD can be experiencing and it can make them more unique as a child to manage in terms of their nutrition.
Number one, if they have sensory issues related to food, if they have trouble with their bowels, their bowel movements, constipation, for example.
If they don't sleep well, that can affect their appetite and it can affect their growth.
And then, of course, the issue of anxiety or stress management can also play out around the dinner table and can influence how I would go about working with a family who has a child with ADHD.
So when we talk about nutrition and ADHD,
There's a big checklist that I am personally gonna go through and and I'm gonna look at each child uniquely and individually because there really isn't one diet for every child, but there are some things that you wanna think about nutritionally and and that should be top of mind when you're working with a child with ADHD.
If you look at the clinical trials and the research, about sixty percent of children with ADHD report low appetite, and that's generally from their medications.
And it can be from all categories of medications, like for example, and I don't wanna get into a lot of the medications because that's not my area of expertise, but for example, some of the medications are a little bit more are are bigger contributors to a lack of appetite.
For example, concerta has been known to to be a medication that might influence or
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