Presentations

I am available to do educational presentations for children and for adults. These presentations are normally 45 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q and A period. However the length and content can by tailored to your specific group needs.

Topics of expertise include:

• How Does Nutrition Therapy Impact Ability and Capacity for the Child with ASD?
• So Many Special Diets! Which Dietary Intervention is Most Appropriate for Your Child with ASD?
• Removing Neurotoxins from Your Home Environment
• Recipes and Cooking Advice for the Busy Mom with a Child on a Special Diet
• How to Determine Which Food May Negatively Impact Your Child's Health
• Avoiding Known Neurotoxins in Your Family's Diet
• How to Ensure Your Picky Eater Gets Appropriate Nutrition
• Overcoming Addiction to Sugar
• Weigh Less, Live More-- Healthy Weight without Dieting
• Nutritional Solutions for the Healthy Heart

 I also teach the following curricula to children (can be geared to ages 6-13).

• Eating the Rainbow: The Importance of Color in Our Diet.
• Making Healthy Snacking Choices
• Cooking for Kids: Making Healthy Snacks Together

 Nutrition Detectives™"Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices"

(2-45 minute sessions or one 90 minute session)
  is an exciting educational program for elementary school children intended to inform better food choices and more healthful eating through knowledge of food composition. The intent is to guide choices within food categories so that more nutritious items in any given food category at the supermarket are chosen instead of their less nutritious counterparts. The program is novel, creative, engaging, and efficient, imparting crucial information in minimal time. It has been taught in schools throughout the country.

The program teaches food label literacy, and provides the skill to see past food marketing deceptions. The program incorporates basic messages about nutrition and health; a characterization of associations between poor nutrition and adverse health effects; assessment of food advertisements; food label interpretation; and food selection. Also covered are the reasons we all tend to like certain foods and flavors, and how the fun of eating and good nutrition can be reconciled.

The program is suitable for children from 2nd through 6th grade, but is best suited for grades 2-4. It is optimally done in conjunction with a educational overview for parents on what their children will be learning.

Nutrition Detectives was developed by David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, Yale Prevention Research Center,Yale University School of Medicine & Catherine S. Katz, PhD, Yale Prevention Research Center.