FUSS: Formula Use Should be Simple

Description

Abstract

This session will review different features and categories of infant and pediatric formulas, including indications for use and advice on selecting the right formula for the right child.

Learning Objectives

• Know the science behind different types of formulas
• Understand how to choose formula for an individual child
• Develop an approach to transitioning between formulas
• Learn that feeding intolerance is often not about the formula

Speaker Credentials

Abigail Lundin RD, MS and Justine Turner, PhD, MBBS, FRACP

Abigail Lundin is a pediatric registered dietitian from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland. She is also the president of the Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals. She specialized in treating children with feeding disorders and gastrointestinal conditions.

Justine Turner PhD, MBBS, FRACP

Justine Turner is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Professor at the University of Alberta. Justine completed her General Pediatrics training in 1996 in Perth, Western Australia. She then completed 7 years of sub-specialty training in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, including a 2-year Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, and 6 years of nutrition research training. She is currently co-lead of a CIHR funded translational research laboratory at the University of Alberta. She is co-principal investigator for the MNCY SCN HOIF II funded Provincial Eating and Swallowing or PEAS Project across Alberta. Her clinical research interests include infant and adolescent nutrition and the effect of chronic gastrointestinal diseases on nutrition. She has been medical lead for the Pediatric Home Nutrition Support Program at Stollery Children’s Hospital, since 2010. Justine is the medical lead for the Celiac Disease Clinic and the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Pediatric Feeding Clinic. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (Nutrition Sector) and is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.