Pediatric and Teen Dietitian in Austin, TX
Feeding kids and teens can feel complicated.
Maybe your child is barely eating enough. Maybe meals have become stressful. Maybe they are growing, playing sports, dealing with stomach issues, becoming more selective with food, or starting to talk about their body in ways that worry you.
At Khan RD, we provide pediatric nutrition counseling for children, teens, and families who need practical support around food, growth, energy, eating patterns, food anxiety, selective eating, sports nutrition, and eating disorder recovery.
Non-Diet Nutrition Support for Kids Without Pressure
We help families support nutrition, growth, and health while reducing shame, pressure, and food fear.
We Can Help With:
Selective eating
Low appetite
Inconsistent meals or skipped meals
Growth or weight concerns
Underfueling in active kids or teens
Food anxiety
Constipation
Nutrition support for ADHD medication appetite changes
Family meal structure
Concerns about body image or dieting
Helping parents feel less stuck around food
Our approach:
Depending on your child’s needs, sessions may include:
Reviewing current intake and meal patterns
Supporting growth and nutrition adequacy
Building realistic meal and snack structure
Reducing pressure around food
Supporting food variety at a realistic pace
Helping parents respond to food refusal or food anxiety
Sports fueling for active kids and teens
Nutrition support during eating disorder recovery
Coordinating with physicians, therapists, coaches, or other providers when appropriate
We do not put kids on diets. We do not make body size the center of care.
Food can be stressful for the whole family.
When a child is not eating enough, eating very selectively, avoiding foods, or becoming distressed around meals, parents can feel stuck between wanting to help and not wanting to make things worse.
Pediatric nutrition counseling can help your family build more structure around eating while lowering the pressure at meals.
Pediatric and Teen Nutrition Counseling FAQs:
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A dietitian can help identify what may be getting in the way of consistent eating, adequate intake, food variety, growth, or comfort around meals.
Support may involve the child, the parents, or both depending on age and situation.
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Yes. Khan RD works with teens navigating nutrition concerns, sports fueling, underfueling, eating disorder recovery, body image concerns, food anxiety, digestive symptoms, and inconsistent eating.
Teen sessions are handled with respect, privacy, and appropriate parent involvement.
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Yes. We support selective eating, food aversions, and limited food variety.
If the eating pattern appears more intense, persistent, or anxiety-driven, we may also assess whether ARFID nutrition support would be a better fit.
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No. Our pediatric nutrition work is not centered on dieting or weight shame.
We focus on health-supporting behaviors, adequate nutrition, growth, energy, relationship with food, and family support.
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Yes. Telehealth can work well for kids, teens, and families, especially when sessions involve familiar foods, home routines, and parent support.
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We work with children, teens, and young adults. Depending on the concern and level of parent involvement needed, we may work with clients as young as 5.
For younger children, sessions often involve more parent or caregiver support. For teens, sessions may include a mix of individual support and parent involvement when appropriate.
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Yes. Khan RD is in-network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Superior Healthplans, and UnitedHealthcare.