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Throwback to the Call it PFD campaign on this 5-year anniversary of PFD becoming a diagnosis. Happy PFD Day!
09/29/2026
FeedingX: Big Ideas in Feeding is free, and you can attend in person or virtually.
Real change in how feeding is understood, how it gets recognized, treated, funded, and talked about at kitchen tables, does not start with a policy. It starts with people hearing an unfamiliar idea, sitting with it a while, and then turning it over together. October 8 is where the hearing happens. Everything after that is the conversation we build on it.
Be in the room. Virtually or in person. October 8.
Free Registration at feedingmatters.org/feedingx
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Celebrating 20 Years of Feeding Matters and sharing upcoming events.
Learn more at
feedingmatters.org/celebration
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09/24/2026
2025 in-person International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference
Sonia Trejo, OTD, OTR/L names the cause, and explains how they found it, in the Honoring Layers of Complexity: A deep dive into the case of Leo session with Rebecca Wynsma, PhD.
“I found the talk by Dr Trejo the most helpful.”
-Summit Attendee
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ICYMI: In this episode, we explore the Physician Outreach Project with co-Chair Lily Glasgo, PhD, OTR/L. The project focuses on improving physician understanding of Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) through short, impactful videos and grassroots recruitment strategies.
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09/21/2026
Feeding care has never had agreed upon ethical standards. You can help write them.
Feeding Matters and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta have launched the Center for Feeding Ethics: a national initiative to define how feeding disorder treatment should be delivered.
Before we set any guidelines, we’re hosting focus groups. We’re recruiting:
- Parents and guardians of a child who has received treatment for pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
- Adults 18+ who have been diagnosed and/or treated for a feeding or eating disorder
- Healthcare professionals across settings and disciplines: inpatient and outpatient, hospital-based and private practice, early intervention, schools, home health, and primary
What to Expect: one 90-minute virtual conversation about your experience with treatment. Caregivers and adults with lived experience are grouped together; clinicians meet separately.
Sign up at:
feedingmatters.org/ethics
09/17/2026
PCORI annual meeting 2025
So what does a stress response look like at the table?
The obvious signs are easy. Lauren Thompson M.Ed., CCC-SLP, CLC discusses the subtle ones in the Navigating the PFD and ARFID Overlap session with Kay A. Toomey, PhD.
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“Dr. Toomey’s and Lauren’s talk was valuable in breaking down how to distinguish between ARFID and PFD at the ground level, with the guidance of the decision tree.”
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WholeChild Wellness | Pediatric Psychology
ICYMI: In this episode, Emory Center for Ethics Director, John Lysaker brings an ethical lens to feeding care. From navigating autonomy to embracing the iterative nature of treatment, this conversation challenges us to think more deeply about how care is experienced, not just delivered.
The discussion also highlights the Center for Feeding Ethics, a new initiative from Feeding Matters created in collaboration with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to advance ethical standards in feeding care.
The Center for Feeding Ethics will engage clinicians, researchers, individuals with lived experience, and advocates in shaping the future of ethical feeding care.
If you are interested in contributing to this work, we invite you to complete the learn more about the Center for Feeding Ethics at the link in bio.
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