By rdnewsNOW Staff

"Goodbye Mealtime Struggles"

AHS offering online workshops for parents with picky eaters

Mar 2, 2022 | 3:38 PM

Is trying to feed a picky eater beginning to feel impossible?

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is offering a free online workshop for parents of young children who may be facing challenges at the dinner table. Parents can learn valuable strategies and tips for “making mealtimes happy times” for the whole family.

The class is an online version of AHS’ Goodbye Mealtime Struggles workshops, which are offered regularly in communities across the AHS Central Zone.

Led by a registered dietitian and a pediatric occupational therapist, the Goodbye Mealtime Struggles workshop is aimed to help parents learn how to overcome mealtime conflicts with children from one to five years of age.

Over the course of the two-hour workshop, discussions will focus on the growing and developing eating skills of children, exploring the reasons behind mealtime struggles, the importance of setting a consistent mealtime routine, portion sizes and how to introduce healthy new foods.

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Parents can learn a number of strategies to take to their own dinner tables and will also have the opportunity to connect online with other parents facing similar mealtime struggles.

The Goodbye Mealtime Struggles class will be offered via Zoom on the following dates:

• March 17 — 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• April 20 — 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For more information and to register, those interested can call their local community health centre. Participants will receive an email with the Zoom link a day before the workshop.