The Difficult Alliance between Vegan Parents and Pediatrician

A Case Report

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15514934
AutoresIlaria Farella (0000-0003-0002-7396, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital), Raffaella Panza (0000-0003-2489-9500, University of Bari Aldo Moro, autor de correspondencia), Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre (0000-0003-0590-6664, University of Bari Aldo Moro)
Año2020
Volumen17
Número17
Páginas6380-6380
Fecha de publicación2020-09-02
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17176380
PMID32887223
OpenAlexW3082052492
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas13

The number of children on a vegetarian or vegan diet is gradually increasing. If not balanced and adequately supplemented, these dietary regimes can seriously impact the growth of children. Often the pediatrician is not perceived as a figure to rely on in the event of parents' willingness to follow an alternative diet for their child. The feeling of distrust of parents towards the pediatrician can be dangerous for the health of the child. We present a 22-month-old boy with failure to thrive probably induced by an unbalanced vegetarian diet. The acquisition of the anamnestic data concerning the child's diet was difficult because initially omitted by the parents. The poor compliance and the difficult follow-up highlights the difficulty in establishing a therapeutic alliance between parents who follow alternative regimens and the pediatrician

Alliance · Distrust · Failure to thrive · Feeling · Psychotherapist · Vegan Diet · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Diet and metabolism studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Pediatrics