Nordic Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference 2025

Park Hotel Glostrup, Denmark

09.00 – 10.00   

10.00 – 10.10  

Arrival and Registration

Welcome to the Nordic Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference
By the Danish Committee:
   Ane Lindholm Olesen, Psychiatric Nurse
   Anne Bille Olin, Pediatric Dietitian
   Elena Cidoncha Escobar, Pediatrician
   Line Popp Hebeltoft, Occupational Therapist
   Karina Arleth Sandahl, Pediatric Dietitian

Considerations before tube placement

10.10 – 11.10


11.10 – 11.40   


11.40 – 12.45   

12.45 – 13.45 



13.45 – 14.45


14.45 – 15.10  


15.15 – 16.45



16.45 – 17.00   

17.30 

Early Eating Development – What is Normal Eating?
Speaker: Johanne Thornes, Psychologist

Nutrition and Growth in A Somatic Lens
Speaker: Gitte Leth Møller, Pediatrician

Lunch

Beyond the Tube: Understanding Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD), Avoiding/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), and Food Neophobia in Pediatric Feeding Challenges
Speaker: Gülsüm Kilic, MSc Health Promotion, BSc Psychology, OTR/L

SOS Approach to Feeding in a Danish Context
Speakers: Clea Petreman, Occupational Therapist

Coffee Break


What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Introducing the Principles of Responsive Feeding Therapy with Eating and Feeding Challenges
Keynote speaker: Katja Rowell, MD

Summarizing Reflections

Departure by bus to Reffen Street Food (for registered participants)

08.30 – 09.00

Surgical Management of Ankyloglossia in Breastfeeding Infants
Speaker: Thomas Hjuler, Pediatric ENT, PhD, Assoc. Professor

Life With a Tube

09.00 – 09.45



09.45 – 10.15

10.15 – 11.00

Ordinary Mealtimes Under Extraordinary Circumstances: 
Routines and Rituals of Nutrition, Feeding and Eating in Children With a Gastrostomy and Their Families
Speaker: Ellen Backman, PhD

Coffee Break (and Check Out)

Homemade Tube Feeding and Evidence
Speakers: Sarah Bøg & Ghita Brekke, Dietitian, Rigshospitalet

Tube Weaning

11.00 – 12.00

12.00 – 13.00 

13.00 – 14.00

14.00 – 14.45  


14.45 – 15.00

Perspectives on Tube Weaning
Oral Presentation by Delegates + Discussion
Norway: Nafis Iqbal, Pediatrician
Sweden: Lina Juhlin, Speech Therapist
Iceland: Heiða D. Sigurjónsdóttir, Speech Therapist & Erna Petersen, Nutritionist
Finland: Päivi Peldan, Pediatrician, PhD
Denmark: Ane Lindholm Olesen, Psychiatric Nurse

Lunch

Feeding Tube Weaning: Addressing the Needs of Infants and Caregivers
In this session strategies to overcome food aversion and feeding tube dependency will be presented
Speaker: Markus Wilkens, PhD, Developmental Psychologist

Tube Weaning
Speaker: Annika Rastio, Speech Therapist & Mari Ahlroos, Dietitian, Finland

Final Remarks and Farewell