Eating Healthy from Toddler to Teens with Gerry Kasten

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014

This UBC Learning Circle features a leader in Dietetics and Cooking, our returning guest, Gerry Kasten, Registered Dietitian (FNHA). His workshop is part of a series of sessions about the relationship between healthy eating and wellness throughout the lifespan that are presented by various health professionals from the First Nations Health Authority. Gerry will be reviewing the latest recommendations for feeding children, but with an eye to the practical:

Choosing foods and involving children in choosing foods for family meals
Experimenting and creating food
Ideas for involving children in conversation when families are eating together
Foods and food ideas for kids of all ages: Toddlers, PreSchoolers, School-aged Children and Teenagers
Some of the things to watch for while introducing solid to your infant
Textures and flavours, and even some of the foods that are risky for infants

All are welcome to attend and participate in this FREE live videoconference and computer webinar session.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session participants will be able to:

Identify issues of feeding children of various ages
Outline the two key concepts of the Division of Responsibility in Feeding
Outline and promote the benefits of eating together in groups
Access both paper and online resources for recipes and ideas for children of all ages ( and adults too!)

About the Presenter

Gerry Kasten has worked with food all of his life. He was born to a farming family and still helps his brother bring in the harvest each year. He has received an Honours Diploma in Commercial Cooking, and Bachelors & Masters degrees in Nutrition. He has worked in Public Health in British Columbia for the past twenty-two years and is also a Sessional Instructor in UBC’s Dietetics program. He is currently the co-chair of Health Canada’s Infant Feeding Expert Advisory Group. He wants to live in a world where people celebrate food, sharing it with those they love, taking its pleasure without restraint because its flavour saturates their most sensuous appetites.