Gut health questionnaire

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Know your Child Gut Health by its symptoms! The idea behind this questionnaire is to give you an insightful start towards your child’s digestive tendencies. This in turn, can guide you to take the necessary steps towards resolving your child gut health issues.

The questions below are based on signs and symptoms sourced from available research and clinical practice. They are related to gut functionality (digestion, absorption, elimination) and the gut microbiota. Needless to say, they are not exhaustive and do not pre-empt the need for further investigation under the care of a health or nutrition practitioner.

Interested in gut health and nutrition? Check out my page on Nutrition and the Foundations of Health, Mood, and Behaviour.

Please score only the items that your child experiences on a scale of 1-4:

  1. My child occasionally experiences this
  2. This problem is chronic but my child/myself are not bothered
  3. This problem is chronic and my child/myself are concerned
  4. This problem is chronic and it has severe effects in my child’s daily functioning
1. Lack of appetite, feeling full after eating small amounts of food
2. Undigested food in the stool. Pale, dark or frothy stools
3. Burping, food sitting in stomach/sensation of fullness
4. Food sensitivities, particularly after eating a food i.e. loose stools, rashes, headaches, cramping
5. Addiction or cravings for specific foods
6. Trouble digesting fatty foods/feeling queasy after a fatty meal
7. Bloating or excessive wind
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8. Abdominal pain or bloating with constipation
9. Alternating diarrhoea/constipation
10. Frequent and recurrent infections (colds, yeast infections, bladder or kidney infections, stomach bugs)
11. Regular use of antibiotics
12. C-section and/or bottle-fed child
13. Unusually tired, short attention span or forgetful
14. Unusually moody, irritable or anxious
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