Food Issues, Behavior & Nutrition

Websites

• Adoption Medicine University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital - worldwide consultations
• Center for Adoption Medicine
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • How Much Physical Activity Do Kids Needs?
• Child Mind Institute: Eating & Eating Disorders & en español
• Cookin' With Chef Kibby
• The Feeding Doctor, Dr. Katja Rowell - author in ORPARC's library
  • Feeding Doctor Blog
• Food Hero & en español - recipes, coloring sheets & more by OSU
• Kids Eat In Color
• MyPlate (many printables) by U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Disorders Clinic at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, OHSU
• Dr. Taylor Wallace "America's Favorite Food Scientist" - adoptive parent!
  • FREE! Sizzling Science e-Cookbook
• Spoon Foundation - education & advocacy local to Oregon!

Food pantries/free food

• Milk Crate Kitchen - Portland Metro
• Oregon Food Bank
• St. Vincent de Paul - Portland Metro

Disordered eating (anorexia, bulimia)

• The Bulimia Project
• Family-based Treatment for Eating Disorders by Child Mind Institute & en español

Culturally Specific

• Food & Roots by Suni Miller Zmich, adoptee - author in ORPARC's library
• African American
  • African Heritage Diet by Old Ways
  • Obtaining Health Through Heritage by Today's Dietician
• Asian
  • Asian Heritage Diet by Old Ways
• Hispanic/Latinx
  • Latin American Heritage Diet by Old Ways
  • Orale! Food & Identity Amongst Latinos by Institute for Latino Studies, Notre Dame
• Tribal
  • First Nations Development Institute - Food Guides and Gather film
  • Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance (NASFA)
  • Young Indigenous & Healthy by San Diego American Indian Health Center & Leah's Pantry

Recommended Books & Articles

Diet/Nutrition-Related Materials in ORPARC's library

• 3 Ways to Play in Food Without the Mess and You Want My Kid to Play in Food? Seriously? by Melanie Potock, MA
• Adult "Picky Eaters" Recall Helpful Parenting Eating Strategies by NIMH
• Child Always Dysregulated? Try This! by Robyn Gobbel - author in ORPARC's library
• Dietary suggestions for ADHD and Autism? & en español by Food Hero
• Eating at the Table Social Story by Autism Little Learners
• Early Attachment and Food Insecurity by Lisa Dickson on Rainbow Kids
• Food for Thought For Foster Carers by National Fostering Group, UK
• FREE: Family Dinner Toolkit by Search Institute
• The GFCF Diet, FASD and Adoption: Food for Thought by Kari Fletcher for NACAC
• Help for Picky Eaters by Hand in Hand
• The Honestly Adoption Company - authors in ORPARC's library
  • The Difficult Places of Our Past
  • How to Parent a Child With Food Insecurities
  • Secondary Trauma: How Your Child's Special Needs May Be Affecting Yours
• How to Help Teenage Picky Eaters Eat Different Foods by Alicia Grogan
• Hungry for Love: The Feeding Relationship in the Psychological Development of Young Children by Dr. Charles Slaughter - author in ORPARC's library
• Kinship Grandfamilies/Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
• Mealtime Hostage Blog
• Mealtime Support is Crucial for Children Who Have Been Adopted or Who Have Experienced Foster Care by Dr. Judith Eckerle, Adoption Medicine Physician
• Picky Eating: What's Normal and What's Not by Child Mind & en español
• A Practical Approach to Classifying & Managing Food Difficulties by Kerzner et al (good to share with providers!)
• Relationship Building & Strategies for Adoptive and Foster Parents to Address Picky Eating and Food Challenges by National Council for Adoption, Adoption Advocate #123
• Together at the Table: Supporting the Nutrition, Health, and Well-Being of Grandfamilies by Generations United
• Trauma, Body, Brain: How We Got Our Adopted Kids to Sleep Through the Night by Jenna, Alderton Media
• What is Food Adversion? by Parent Press

Hoarding-specific

• Food Eating Issues & Children in Foster Care by Blank Children's Hospital (video)
• Food Fight! The Complexities of Foster Care's Food Issues by Karla Marie Williams, Foster Focus Magazine, Vol 3, Issue 11
• Food Hoarding: Food Insecurity & Compulsive Behaviors in Children by FosterAdopt Connect (video)
• Healing from Food Insecurity: Beyond the Stash by Dr. Katja Rowell - author in ORPARC's library
• Hoarding, Overeating and Food Obsessions in Adopted & Foster Kids by Creating A Family
• Hoarding, Stealing & Bingeing: Food Insecurity in Foster Children by Fostering People
• The Honestly Adoption Company - authors in ORPARC's library
  • How to Parent Children With Food Issues
  • How to Manage Your Child's Food Insecurity
  • Surviving the Holidays With a Food Hoarder
• How to Help An Adopted or Foster Child Who Hoards Food at Home by Our Parenting Life
• When A Child is Stealing or Hoarding by Maureen Donley, Adoptive Mom & Therapist (video)
• Why some kids hoard food and gorge themselves by Gregory Keck (podcast)

Videos & Podcasts

• Connecting Through Cooking with Chef Kibby on The Adoption Connection Podcast
• Dr. Deborah MacNamara on Attachment, Adoption, and the Connection Between Food & Caring by Adoption Unfiltered (video+transcript) - authors in ORPARC's library
• Food Issues in Adopted Children (and foster care too) featuring Dr. Julian Davies & Dr. Katja Rowell on Creating a Family Podcast
• Fruits & Veggies: Food Rooted in Better Mental Health (free course!) by Dr. Taylor Wallace, adoptive parent
• The Gut's Connection to Autism by Spectrum (video)
• Healing Trauma and Fostering Connection Through Cooking With Children on Securely Attached with Dr. Sarah Bren
• His adoptive mom believed in him. It was the key ingredient to Marcus Samuelsson's Rise by Carlos Fias - celebrity chef podcast story AND Talking Adoption, Identity and Family with Chef Samuelsson hosted by April Dinwoodie (video)
• The Honestly Adoption Company Podcast - authors in ORPARC's library
  • How Your Child's Diet Could Effect Their Behavior
  • Is It Disobedience or Problems With Their Diet?
• How Do I Handle Food Issues? by Empowered to Connect Podcast
• Living with a Picky Eater by Creating a Family Podcast
• Nourished & Thriving by OSU and Spoon (free video course)
• Robyn Gobbel Podcast + articles author in ORPARC's library
• • Cooking is Connecting with Special Guest Chef Kibby
  • How to Make Food Less Stressful with Dr. Katja Rowell
  • The Relationship Between Nutrition and Behavior with Dr. Nicole Beurkens
• Understanding Food Trauma & Food Insecurity with Guest Crista Jordan by The Forgotten Initiative (podcast