What to do if children have anorexia

Anorexia in children is a symptom with a relatively high incidence rate nowadays. After it happens, parents will obviously feel that their children do not like to eat any food and are always picky eaters. This will affect the normal development of their children in the long run and cause malnutrition. Therefore, the primary disease must be treated first. In fact, you can supplement your baby's body with some zinc to improve the situation.

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Teens refusing food

This eating behavior disorder often occurs in adolescents under the age of 20. This disorder consists in their total rejection of food. Since girls are troubled by the idea of ​​losing weight, more boys suffer from this disease. Compared with true anorexia, this disease is difficult to detect early, and it masks the weight loss. At the same time, the person appears to be very active and feels full of energy. As the opposite of bulimia, it can cause you to lose 25% of your body weight at first. The damage to health caused by this disease is irreversible.

Zinc supplementation for anorexia

Zinc is one of the essential trace elements for human physiology. The body contains 2-2.5 grams of zinc. Zinc in the human body is mainly found in muscles, bones, and skin (including hair). Zinc can affect taste and appetite through the zinc-containing proteins in which it participates, thereby promoting appetite. Zinc can participate in the mobilization of vitamin A in the liver, maintain the constancy of plasma vitamin A concentration, and plays an important role in maintaining normal dark adaptation ability. Zinc is also necessary for skin health.

In addition, zinc can promote wound healing and enhance the body's resistance. Zinc deficiency in the human body has a more obvious impact, especially on growing children. Its clinical manifestations are: slow growth, loss of appetite, dull or even loss of taste, poor healing of skin wounds, and susceptibility to infection. In daily life, you can give your baby Xinxibao Children's Zinc and Selenium Tablets to supplement zinc. Protein zinc is safe and has no irritation to the gastrointestinal tract. It will take effect after three days of taking it. You can also eat some zinc-containing foods in moderation, such as oysters, shrimps, lean meat, animal liver, etc. [1]

1. Children's central nervous system is subjected to adverse psychological stimulation such as fright, fear, tension, crying, etc., which may cause digestive disorders and loss of appetite;

2. Parents have too high expectations for their children and restrict their children's activities, such as prohibiting them from playing with other children and scolding them before meals and at the table, which will affect children's mood and appetite and cause them to lose appetite;

3. When children have a poor appetite, using coercive means or intimidation to force them to eat often causes them to develop a rebellious mentality and refuse to eat;

4. Overindulging children and indulging them without limits will make them become willful and often threaten adults with not eating in order to achieve their goals.