Nutrition

Registered Dietitians at Franciscan Children’s ensure a balanced nutritional intake to optimize infants and children’s growth and development. Pediatric dietitians may help children who eat food, who are fed through a tube, or who receive nutrition through an IV. Dietitians make sure a child is receiving enough nutrition to grow properly.

Our dietitians provide services within various programs, including Inpatient Pulmonary and Rehabilitation Programs, McLean/Franciscan inpatient program, and on an outpatient basis include multidisciplinary clinics and teams.

At Franciscan Children’s, we offer clinical nutrition services including:

• Celiac disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Diabetes-Type 1 and Type 2
• Dyslipidemia
• Eating disorders
• Enteral nutrition monitoring
• Failure to thrive
• Fat malabsorption
• Feeding problems and feeding aversions
• Food allergies & intolerances
• Gastroesophageal reflux
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Hypertension
• Kidney disease
• Nutrition counseling and education
• Parenteral nutrition monitoring
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Sports nutrition
• Weight management (under/overweight)
• Other special healthcare needs

Referrals are accepted from physicians, parents, public and private schools, therapists, and other health agencies/providers. Franciscan Children’s is a provider for most area insurers as well as public and private agencies.