Challenges in alternative nutrition including tube feeding and tube weaning.
This lecture is dedicated to the fascinating complexity of an activity that we all carry out every day: eating and drinking. At first glance, it seems quite natural and "simple". But it actually fulfills far more than just our basic nutritional needs. Eating and drinking are embedded in our culture, our habits, our identity and our social interaction.
Dr. Marguerite Dunitz-Scheer: With this lecture, I would like to take a closer look at developmental eating disorders and reflect together on what they mean for us personally and for our society. The decision to insert a feeding tube, whether as a temporary or permanent solution, requires special attention to the ethical, legal, medical and social aspects involved. It can be helpful, but it can also turn into a nightmare. Tube dependency and many other developmental eating disorders are central themes of the presentation, as the quantitative and qualitative variables involved are often in conflict with each other and need to be carefully assessed and evaluated. Afterwards there will be time for your questions and a lively discussion.
Registration: https://adelicenter.com/en/the-impact-of-oral-nutrition-on-development/
Date & time: November 27, 2025 | 10:30 - 12:30
Location: ADELI Medical Center, Conference Hall, 1st floor, Hlboká 45, Piešťany
Coffee break: 11:30 - 11:45
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided
Price: 35 EUR
When oral feeding is not possible, alternative nutrition, such as tube feeding, becomes vital. But beyond simply providing nutrition, eating is also a fundamental social, sensory and developmental experience.
This lecture highlights how alternative feeding can impact quality of life and how the gradual transition - tube weaning - requires a careful, multidisciplinary approach.
About the lecturer:
Marguerite Dunitz-Scheer is a pediatrician and psychotherapist, trained in Graz, Zurich and Boston, known for her pioneering work in the field of early eating disorders and tube weaning.
She is co-founder and head of Medical Coaching & Consulting at NoTube Graz(notube.com) and an expert in early eating disorders, tube dependency and psychosomatic medicine.
Target group
The lecture is aimed at professionals from clinical and academic fields, including
- Neurologists
- ENT physicians and phoniatrists
- Gastroenterologists
- Nutrition and dietetics specialists
- Speech and language therapists
- Psychotherapists (with a focus on psychodynamic and family therapy) - Psychiatrists - Paediatricians(specializing in psychodynamic and family therapy)
- Psychiatrists
- Paediatricians
- Feeding specialists
- Rehabilitation specialists
- Nursing staff
- Caregivers
- Dunitz-Scheer M., Scheer P. Weaning Children off Enteral Nutrition by Netcoaching vs. Onsite Treatment, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2014 (PubMed ID 24946136)
- Scheer P. et al. Tube Weaning in Children with Down's Syndrome: Outcomes and Considerations (PubMed ID 39952295)
- More about the Graz method and NoTube's philosophy: www.notube.com
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