Feeding + Eating
Psychology Summit

Save the Date for the 2026 Feeding + Eating Psychology Summit!

Virtual Live: Friday, August 21, 2026
On Demand: September 7 – October 31, 2026
Registration: Opens June 2026

Feeding Matters launched this summit in 2024 in response to a critical and growing need: to bridge the gap between two historically siloed fields — feeding and eating disorders — and create a shared space for collaboration, clarity, and progress. As part of its long-standing mission to unite families and professionals in advancing pediatric feeding care, Feeding Matters recognized that confusion around the overlap between PFD and ARFID was hindering diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. The summit serves as a catalyst for connection, education, and multidisciplinary consensus.

The 2025 Feeding and Eating Psychology Summit brought together over 850 attendees who heard from a multidisciplinary panel of experts exploring the complex intersection of pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) across the lifespan. Through lived experience interviews and a facilitated Q&A, participants gained deeper insight into how psychological approaches must adapt as feeding abilities and cognitive function evolves over time.

Our 2026 Summit is going one step further. The committee is creating an agenda that will equip attendees with practical strategies and a deeper sense of understanding of the lived experience, focusing on the idea that the work, is the person. Check out our Call for Speakers that is open now and be a part of this incredible event!