Children and Chronic Conditions

We know, as practitioners, and for those of us who are parents, that parenthood can be stressful, especially regarding nutrition. There are food likes and dislikes, allergy-based food avoidance, and parental food education differences that come into play.

The result is often sub-optimal nutritional status. For example, in 2014-15, only 5.4% of Australian children aged 2-18 years ate the recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables.

Add to this environmental toxin exposure, stress in the home and increasing availability of convenience foods, coupled with inactivity, and we are seeing rising levels of chronic health conditions in children, along with higher levels of anxiety, neurodevelopmental conditions, food intolerances, allergies, and eczema.

Join Toni Chambers, one of our experts from the Bio Concepts Education Centre as she investigates the prevalence of different conditions, and the steps we can take to provide a strong foundation for our children and our little patients!