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How to encourage healthy eating? Perhaps you are confronted with the difficulty of getting your child or loved one with a genetic intellectual disability to like certain foods that are nevertheless good for his or her health? In this video, Laude de Verdun, dietician at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, offers you some advice... Lire plus

Food and pleasure Combine food and pleasure, yes, but in moderation! The most popular foods are sometimes the ones that are the least healthy. Fortunately, they are replaceable, as Laude de Verdun, a dietitian at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, explains in this video. She shows you tips on how to eat what... Lire plus

Speech Therapy Tips to Improve Feeding It is not uncommon for babies with Down syndrome to have difficulty feeding from an early age. Here are some tips to help you through these times. By Thérèse Balmitgère, speech therapist at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute In the first days of life, the baby may... Lire plus

Digestive Disorders: the Benefit of Vitamins By Laude de Verdun, dietician at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute. A balanced diet – i.e. one that contains all food families in the right quantities – is clearly as important to people with Down syndrome as it is to the general population. Nevertheless, particular attention should... Lire plus

Dietary and digestive disorders in children with down syndrome By Doctor Aimé Ravel, pediatrician at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute Dietary and digestive disorders are the main focus because of their frequency and impact on daily life. In this medical fact sheet, we’ll discuss the main disorders. It is not a question here... Lire plus

4 Key Tips for Healthy Eating To enjoy good health, we need to eat properly! Beyond what is on our plate, other factors have an impact on our diet: the amounts we eat, the time we spend eating, and whether or not we observe regular mealtimes. Since it is important to acquire... Lire plus