Did you know excessive milk consumption can lead to iron deficiency anemia in toddlers? Your young, milk guzzling, pale little
patients are at high risk for side effects of anemia even though they often appear to be growing well. Join this webinar to find out more.
Angela Dodge is a registered dietitian with over 20 years of experience in acute care, community health, business, teaching and international nutrition education. Her primary focus has always been paediatrics and childhood nutrition and the effect of food and nourishment have on the health and healing of a child. She worked many years in paediatric haematology and oncology at a Children’s hospital in Ontario, where she treated numerous children from infancy to adolescent with many disease and disorders. One that always stood out to her was iron deficiency and anaemia and how proactive intervention and education can decrease the side effects that come with this diagnosis. Her focus in practive is to help educate families and other healtcare practitoners about children’s nutrition related to iron deficiency, aneamia, nutrient deficiences and the connection to acute and chronic diseases. She now partners with KidStar Nutrients to support, engage and educate practitioners on how KidStar and BioFe iron products can be useful in their practice to help patients and clients
The key learning outcomes are
1. How much is too much milk & how it can cause such profound anemia
2. How sick can children become
3. Prevention strategies
4. Screening guidelines
5. Treatment recommendations
