Emelia Ward

Emelia is a registered Nutritional Therapist (mBANT) and SOS Trained Feeding Therapist. She specialises in family health, children’s nutrition and pre and post partum nutrition. She is passionate in helping to support families to raise healthy, happy and resilient children, using food and nutrition to make real changes to their family’s health and wellbeing.

Her own children suffered with multiple allergies, digestive issues, reflux and skin conditions, leading to a long health care journey for the whole family. This experience led her to change careers and study to become a nutritionist, graduating with a Distinction from the College of Naturopathic Medicine and then setting up her busy private practice supporting families, children and mums with personalised nutrition in West London.

Emelia is committed to continuing education and development and since graduated has completed training as a SOS Feeding Therapist, a holistic programme to support children who are fussy and selective eaters. She has completed further education in children’s nutrition, nutrition for neurodiversity and pregnancy nutrition with the Institute of Optimum Nutrition. She continues to access further training and development in allergies and gut health for children.

Using a functional nutrition approach Emelia will look at the whole child and family environment to create tailored nutrition and lifestyle plans. Prior to the consultation you will receive a health questionnaire and 2 day food and lifestyle diary to complete for you or your child. Within the questionnaire you will identify the 1-3 health goals you are looking to address via working with a Nutritionist.

The consultation is a collaborative process, whereby you will work with Emelia to create a sustainable and achievable plan. During the 45 minute consultation you will prioritise the health goals to focus on and review the health questionnaire and food diary. Emelia will explain how current diet and lifestyle may be affecting you/your child’s health and what changes are required. You will receive a personalised 1 page plan with a clear health and nutrition plan. Supplement suggestions may be included as appropriate.

It is typical (dependant on your goals) that you may need more than 1 session to achieve the best results. If you have booked a session for your child the child and parent will both need present (for some or all of the time dependant on the age of the child). It is expected that the parent will work with the child to implement the suggested changes and take responsibility for these individually or jointly with the child (age dependant).

Emelia is a certified Nutritional Therapist. Having studied at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London she is a fully insured member of the British Association of Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and registered with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). Emelia has completed extensive further training in paediatric and pre/post-natal nutrition including with the Institute of Optimum Nutrition. She is also an SOS Trained Feeding Therapist – a unique transdisciplinary programme for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties.

Prior to training as a Nutritionist Emelia ran a successful boutique catering company. She is a passionate cook and is rarely not thinking about food! Creating recipes and meal plans that her own family and her clients love is truly one of her greatest joys, she believes eating food should be a true pleasure and enjoying what you eat and the process of cooking is as important as it is that the food have health benefits.

In addition to working in her busy nutrition practice, she is also a regular speaker at workshops and conferences and delivers group programmes for families and mums.

Emelia works with clients to support them in the following areas;

• Children and Teen Nutrition including:
  • Infant colic and reflux
  • Weaning
  • Digestive Health (e.g. constipation, diarrhoea, IBS)
  • Immunity
  • Neurodiversity and behavioural needs
  • Allergies, CMPA and intolerances
  • Asthma
  • Skin health and eczema
  • Picky and problem eating
  • Meal planning and
• Pre and post-natal nutrition including preconception