“Jill just gets it. She knows the research and she lives nutrition everyday as a mom.”

Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD

Jill Castle, MS, RDN, is a nationally recognized childhood nutrition speaker with more than 34 years of experience helping parents, professionals, and organizations rethink child health—without harm, pressure, or weight-centered approaches.

Jill’s work is grounded in her Whole Child Healthy Model, a framework that integrates nutrition, feeding dynamics, child development, lifestyle behaviors, and emotional well-being. Rather than focusing on food rules or short-term outcomes, her talks help audiences understand what truly supports children’s long-term health, inside and out.

Jill’s Speaking Approach

Jill is known for translating research into practical, real-life guidance that works for modern families and the professionals and organizations who support them.

Her talks are:

• Evidence-based and developmentally informed
• Grounded in a whole-child, non-diet lens
• Practical, reassuring, and ethically grounded
• Designed to reduce unintended harm
• Informed by three decades of clinical experience

Whether speaking to parents, healthcare clinicians, dietitians, educators, school systems, or parent organizations, Jill helps audiences step back, see the bigger picture, and focus on what actually makes a difference for children’s health and well-being.

“I learned more about feeding my daughter during Jill’s talk than I have in the well over a decade that I have spent reading books and blogs and even listening to my daughter’s pediatrician. I am extremely grateful that I had the opportunity to benefit from the vast knowledge that Jill is able to share.”

Courtney Spencer, Transformational Life and Business Coach, Speaker, Attorney

Signature Speaking Topics

Jill offers a small number of core talks, designed to meet the needs of different audiences while drawing from the same whole-child framework.

Keynote Address

Raising Healthy Kids in a Fear-Based Food Culture

Families today are overwhelmed by conflicting nutrition advice, fear-based messaging, and pressure to “get it right.” But focusing more on food rules isn’t solving the problem. It’s making it harder for children to develop a healthy relationship with food.

In this powerful keynote, Jill reframes child health through a modern, whole-child lens, integrating nutrition, feeding, behavior, and development. Audiences will learn how to move beyond fear and confusion and instead build the daily habits, resilience, and confidence children need for lifelong health.

Audiences will learn to:

• Understand how fear-based food messaging shapes children’s eating and self-perception
• Shift from control and restriction to confidence-building strategies
• Apply a whole-child framework to support physical health and emotional well-being
• Help families navigate nutrition information with clarity and trust

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Featured Workshop

Beyond Child Eating: The New Science of Eating, Appetite, and Behavior

Concerns about overeating and excess weight in children are common, but traditional approaches often rely on restriction or simplified messaging that overlooks the complexity of how children eat.

Emerging research tells a more nuanced story.

Eating behaviors are shaped by the interaction of appetite traits, biology, environment, feeding practices, and child development. When these factors are misunderstood, well-intentioned interventions can backfire, leading to food preoccupation, dysfunctional eating, and strained relationships with food.

In this research-informed, practical workshop, Jill reframes “overeating” through a modern, whole-child lens. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of eating behavior and body size, and learn how to support children in ways that promote both physical health and emotional well-being.

Participants will learn to:

• Identify appetite traits and biological drivers that influence eating and body size
• Differentiate between typical and dysregulated eating patterns
• Understand how restriction and pressure can unintentionally worsen outcomes
• Apply weight-neutral, developmentally appropriate feeding strategies
• Counsel families with confidence while reducing stigma

Format: Half-day workshop or 75–90 minute session

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Breakout Sessions

The Missing Pieces of Child Health

Despite more information than ever about nutrition and wellness, children’s health outcomes continue to decline. What are we missing?

In this eye-opening session, Jill Castle reveals the overlooked factors shaping child health today—including feeding dynamics, lifestyle patterns, emotional well-being, and the parent-child relationship around food.

This session connects the gap between what we know about nutrition and what actually works in real life.

Audiences will learn to:

• Support sustainable health habits that last beyond childhood
• Identify gaps in traditional approaches to child health
• Understand how feeding, behavior, and development intersect
• Integrate practical, whole-child strategies into everyday routines

Beyond the Talk

Many organizations invite Jill to speak as a first step.

Following a keynote or training, Jill may continue working with teams in a strategic advisory capacity, helping apply whole-child principles to areas such as:

• Nutrition and wellness strategy
• Parent-facing education and messaging
• Product or program development
• Ethical considerations related to child health and weight

This deeper work allows organizations to move from inspiration to thoughtful, sustainable implementation.

“Jill was amazing to work with. As a speaker, she came prepared, her materials were polished and her presentation style was spot-on. As a pediatric nutritionist, she sure knows what she’s talking about!” 

Leslie Cimei, Assistant Director, Continuing Education, Great Valley Publishing Company, Inc.

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Additional Topics & Applications

In addition to her signature talks, Jill offers presentations that apply a whole-child framework to specific developmental stages and common feeding challenges. These topics are often tailored for parent audiences, professional education, or community-based programs.

Feeding & Eating Challenges

• Picky eating and selective eating
• Feeding dynamics across development
• The intersection of feeding, eating, and food
• Nutrition for the child with ADHD

Early Childhood Nutrition

• Toddler feeding and early eating habits
• Starting solids and early feeding foundations
• Parental feeding styles and practices

Adolescent Nutrition & Development

• Teen nutrition needs
• Sports nutrition for child and teen athletes

These topics are always grounded in Jill’s whole-child philosophy and adapted to the audience and setting.

“Thank you for two incredible presentations! We have received RAVE reviews about your talks. The people that I work with were incredibly impressed.”

Aida Miles, Director of Leadership Education in Pediatric Nutrition. The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Supporting Materials and Take-Home Resources

To support implementation after the talk, Jill’s books are frequently incorporated as optional resources for attendees.

Her work, including Kids Thrive at Every Size, provides the research foundation behind the frameworks presented, while Fearless Feeding offers practical, real-world nutrition and feeding application for families and professionals alike.

Books may be offered as:

• Complimentary takeaways for participants
• Pre-event or post-event resources
• Included materials for professional training

Book inclusion and bulk ordering options can be discussed during the booking process.

Speaking Engagements & Inquiries

Speaking fees vary based on audience, format, and scope. Many of her talks can be converted into workshops and professional trainings. Virtual and in-person engagements are available.

To inquire, please email Jill@JillCastle.com and include:

• Organization name
• Audience type and size
• Event format and date
• Goals for the session

All inquiries are reviewed personally.

Or, book a 20 minute speaker’s discovery call with Jill.

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Jill Castle In Action

If you’d like to see Jill’s other presentation topics for conference plenary and breakout sessions, download her speaker’s one sheet.