DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
Weight Restoration for Autistic Children and Teens With PDA, ARFID, or Anorexia: A Parent's Guide
If your autistic child refuses food, loses weight, or becomes increasingly distressed around meals, you may feel like every decision carries enormous consequences. Your child's physician tells you that weight restoration is medically necessary. Your child becomes more anxious each time eating feels like another demand.
ARFID Help for Parents in California: Compassionate Ways to Support Your Child's Eating
Many parents search for ARFID help for parents after months or even years of trying every piece of feeding advice they can find. You've offered rewards. You've encouraged "just one bite." You've hidden vegetables in favorite foods. Maybe you've been told your child or teen will eat when they're hungry enough.
But if your teen or child has Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), those approaches often increase anxiety instead of expanding eating.
Addressing Parents' Needs When Their Child Has an Eating or Feeding Disorder by San Diego Dietitian Lindsay Stenovec, RD
You’re at the dinner table in San Diego, California, or elsewhere, trying to get your kid to eat. They say the food looks funny or smells weird, and they just won’t take one bite. You feel worried that they aren’t getting adequate nourishment. The pediatrician tells you that they are losing weight. You are chewing your nails to the quick. You don’t know what to do. Enter eating disorder dietitian and feeding expert Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD. Lindsay knows parents. She is a parent herself. She gets the struggle. She knows how to nourish kids who have feeding or eating disorders in California. She supports parents on this journey. Let’s hear what she has to say.
Having an Eating Disorder and Teaching Your Kids How to Eat Intuitively: Hear from San Diego Dietitian Jaren Soloff, RD
Being a parent with an eating disorder in California or elsewhere is difficult. Figuring out how to teach your kids to eat intuitively while grappling with your own issues with food and eating is complex. Enter San Diego eating disorder dietitian Jaren Soloff, RD. She is passionate about helping parents with their eating struggles while raising intuitive eaters. A parent herself, she truly believes that the parallel process of recovering and raising eating disorder-resistant kids is possible!
Have Kids Who Are Picky Eaters? Meet San Diego Dietitian Rachel Rothman, RD
Do you have kids who are extreme picky eaters? Have you been grappling with trying to figure out how to provide for their nutrition needs without turning every meal into a battle? It is so hard when you have children that struggle with eating a wide variety of nutritious foods. It is absolutely exhausting, especially in San Diego when you just want to pack some food and go to the beach and focus on enjoying the sun, sand, and water instead of worrying about whether you can get your kid to eat something. One of the newer diagnoses of eating disorders is Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). It is basically extreme picky eating that can cause serious health issues.
One San Diego pediatric dietitian who specializes in ARFID, as well as in other types of feeding and eating disorder treatment is Rachel Rothman, RD (registered dietitian). She has a B.S. Food science from University of California Davis and a Master’s degree in nutrition education from Teacher's College, Columbia University. She has loads of clinical experience with feeding difficulties, feeding disorders, sensory processing disorder, and many other nutritional ailments. All in all, Rachel is a really smart woman who will do an amazing job working with you and your kids.