Promoting Health in Pediatric GI with Culinary Medicine
Blending the art of cooking with the science of medicine, this new six-part NASPGHAN webinar series offers live interactive educational seminars highlighting the importance of food and diet within a patient’s health plan, as well as instructions on using culinary medicine tailored to specific GI diseases and symptoms.
Each episode pairs a physician and a registered dietitian, and includes an overview of the GI condition, an introduction of dietary management recommendations and a cooking demonstration by a medical chef showing how to carry out the recommendations using corresponding recipes.
Episode 1: Wellness & Prevention
This first episode in the series highlights plant-based and Mediterranean diets and discusses their adequacy in children and application in pediatric GI disease.
The two featured recipes can be enlarged by clicking on their images, and printed by clicking on the Download links.
This episode is supported by an educational grant from Kate Farms.
Episode 2: Blenderized Tube Feeding
This second episode in the series is on Enteral Nutrition/Aerodigestive Disorders, highlights blenderized tube feeding and discusses the adequacy of this diet in pediatrics and its application in pediatric GI diseases. The webinar pairs a physician and a registered dietitian, and includes a brief overview of the GI condition, an introduction of dietary management recommendations and a recorded demonstration on how to carry out the recommendations using corresponding recipes conducted by a home chef.
The two featured recipes can be enlarged by clicking on their images, and printed by clicking on the Download links.
This episode is supported by an educational grant from Kate Farms.
Episode 3: Eosinophilic Esophagitis
This third episode in the series is on Eosinophilic Esophagitis episode, highlights elimination diets and discusses the adequacy of these diets in pediatrics and their application in pediatric GI diseases. The webinar pairs a physician and a registered dietitian, and includes a brief overview of the GI condition, an introduction of dietary management recommendations and a recorded demonstration on how to carry out the recommendations using corresponding recipes conducted by a home chef.
The two featured recipes can be enlarged by clicking on their images, and printed by clicking on the Download links.
This episode is supported by an educational grant from Kate Farms.
Episode 4: Milk Protein Allergy/Lactose Intolerance
This fourth webinar in the series discusses a common problem in pediatric gastroenterology - milk protein allergy and lactose intolerance. The first segment of the live webinar offers a medical presentation that defines and discuss the differences in diagnoses, followed by a registered dietitian who discuss the nutritional approach and implications. A home medical chef then demonstrates two recipes prepared with dairy and lactose free ingredients.
The two featured recipes can be enlarged by clicking on their images, and printed by clicking on the Download links.
This episode is supported by an educational grant from ByHeart.
Episode 5: Crohn's Disease
This fifth webinar in the Culinary Medicine series discusses Crohn’s Disease. The first segment of the live webinar offers a medical presentation that will define and discuss the differences in diagnoses, followed by a registered dietitian who will discuss the nutritional approach and implications. A home medical chef will then demonstrate two recipes prepared with dairy and lactose free ingredients.
The two featured recipes can be enlarged by clicking on their images, and printed by clicking on the Download links.
This episode is supported by an educational grant from Kate Farms.
Please return for this additional episode:
- Constipation - Spring 2025