Kids Nutrition and Eating Disorders

Juli Keene is a pediatric nutrition expert with over 25 years of experience in children’s nutrition and pediatric mental health. Juli specializes in family meal plans, nutritional and biochemical support for ADD, ADHD, Autism, allergies, asthma, eczema, psoriasis, skin rashes, infant feeding issues, immune system issues, diabetes type 1 & type 2 , liver dysfunction, obesity, overweight, underweight, childhood & teen obesity, fatigue, mood issues, picky eaters, failure to thrive, growing issues, disordered eating; hiding or hoarding food, restricting food, excessive exercise for weight control, body image issues, food phobias &eating disorders in children, teenagers and young adults. 

PRENATAL NUTRITION PLANS  Are you planning on becoming a parent soon? Let’s make sure your body is ready, and that you have optimal nutrition for your pregnancy. If you want an easy pregnancy and a healthy baby, optimizing your nutrition before and during pregnancy is the best way to ensure success.  After the birth, let’s make sure you are eating correctly for breastfeeding, and then let’s get you back to your normal weight as quickly and easily as possible! Juli Keene has helped thousands of parents through fertility issues & on to have the healthiest pregnancies and the healthiest newborns possible. 

FAMILY NUTRITION PLANS 

For many parents mealtimes with children can be a source of great stress. Especially for those who want to make sure their family is eating as healthy as possible. Babies, young children, and teenagers each present different nutrition issues. With all the conflicting nutrition information available these days it can be very confusing.  Nutrition questions abound like: Should my family be vegan, or vegetarian, or gluten-free or avoid dairy or not eat sugar? My teenager has gone vegan, is this safe? How do I feed my newly turned vegetarian child but still make sure they are getting good nutrition? Juli will help you navigate what to feed your family so that mealtime becomes a pleasant experience for you and everyone in your family.

Juli is an expert at getting good nutrition into kids who are picky eaters. She can even have them thinking it’s their idea.  It can be counterproductive to single out a child for nutritional intervention, Juli is extremely careful about how nutrition counseling is presented & implemented for each child. It’s best to make nutrition interventions as early as possible to ensure an optimal diet and the best health for your child. Why try to figure it out on your own when you can get professional health in comfort of your own home using telemedicine and secure HIPPA compliant (private) video chat consultation?

EATING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND TEENS

Many parents are confused about exactly what food changes to make and how, and they may be equally afraid they will cause an eating disorder in their child if they mention weight or other issues. Eating disorders have become an epidemic in children as young as 7 years old up to young adults, Handling it in the wrong way, even with the best intentions, can make it much worse for your child. Yet they must be addressed as eating disorders are a progressive disease, much like alcoholism and drug addiction. The big difference being the child must eat food every day for life. Abstinence and avoidance are not options. This makes recovery from eating disorders particularly complicate and control must be learned. Eating disorders have biochemical, emotional and behavioral components. Food is a huge part of each child’s lifestyle and culture. Juli takes these issues as well as genetics,  family dynamics, biochemistry, mental health, and health history into account when designing a personalized nutrition program for your child. Juli Keene works in collaboration with many of the best eating disorder therapists and 12-step familiar psychiatrists in Los Angeles and Southern California and will refer our or work with your Doctor or specialist. 

Juli will help your family deal with mealtime issues in a simple and effective way.  She will conduct her family meal, eating habit and lifestyle assessment, or individual assessment and evaluation in the case of disordered eating, and provide you with easy steps to take, recipes, shopping lists, behavioral tools etc.  Whether you are dealing with common eating issues like kids who don’t want to eat regular meals or an eating disorder, with Juli’s help you will begin to love mealtimes, as your family meal makeover turns your dinner table into the peaceful safe place it should be.