السبت، 14 مارس 2015

Loss of appetite in children

Loss of appetite in children


This problem is very common among children, especially between the second and fifth year of life and contribute to the mother without knowing a significant contribution to finding and keeping this problem.
And by showing concern and complaint often standing in front of her child to eat is not enough and in many cases the child is the subject of the complaint continued good health and may have more weight than necessary for a year.
And the house has become all of the busy child's food and appetite, and everyone is trying to persuade him to eat to increase what he does and try it sometimes carrots and severity and threat at other times, and in most cases this effort does not give any result but probably gave the opposite result reduces baby food appetite.


Causes loss of appetite:

1. sense of self and negative.
2-child not feeling happy.
3. The lack of enjoyment of the child enough share of the sport and fresh air.
4. The method of treatment of the mother to her child.
5. love the child or his hatred of food items offered by his mother.
6. linking food incident is happy.
7. mother's insistence that the child eat the amount of food more than they can.
8. tighten the parents of the child that follows the table manners as they practice them.
9. eating sweets and stuff in grade school or at street vendors, such as potato chips and Popsicle etc.
These foods contain synthetic materials spoil the digestion and lead to a feeling of fullness with these foods does not have any nutritional benefits.
10. that the child is suffering from anemia and be the main reason for the loss of appetite.
11. Do not eat breakfast (even a snack at home).


Treatment of anorexia:


1. not force the child to eat the food is the most important causes of loss of appetite and parents to realize that different children may have different ability to eat, some of them eat a little and some of them eat too much, so you should refrain from forcing a child to eat certain specific types or amounts of food.
2. must take into account the child's mother tendencies while offering him food items and what he likes and what he hates.
3. should be allowed for the child whenever possible to help himself in the process of eating.
4. must provide different kinds of foods to children at an early age.
5. prefer not to give the child something to eat between meals of different food.
6. must be fed, which offers attractive for the child in terms of shape and taste.
7. preferably not the child eats alone, but dealt with others.
8. There are some medications now available in pharmacies for the treatment of anorexia in children and you can consult your doctor or pharmacist about these medications.