How to deal with anorexia and partial eating in children

What to do about children's anorexia and picky eating? This is a question that many parents are particularly concerned about. The most important thing to correct anorexia and picky eating is that parents should have enough patience. Because children are young, they cannot fully understand the impact of anorexia and picky eating on them. At the same time, children's self-control ability is also very limited, so parents need to discover it in time and make reasonable long-term dietary plans for their children.

1. Parents should set an example for their children with their own good eating habits and behaviors to influence them;

2. Provide reasonable guidance on the time and quantity of snacks for children. Do not drink sugary drinks before or during meals, and cultivate the habit of eating on time.

3. To correct picky eating or partial eating, never use coercive means;

4. Children can still be allowed to choose the food they like within a reasonable time;

5. When children refuse to eat well, never threaten or coax them;

6. If the child cannot finish a certain food within the specified time, parents should not make any comments and take away the unfinished food. It is important not to offer any more food until the next meal.

When this happens in children, different medications can be used for treatment.

1. Lack of trace elements, such as zinc and iron, will cause loss of appetite. You can add more foods rich in iron and zinc to your diet. In severe cases, you can take appropriate amounts of ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, etc.

2. Indigestion. You can choose from lactase, stomach enzyme mixture, multi-enzyme tablets, hawthorn pills, seven-star tea, infant essence, etc.

3. Certain drugs such as erythromycin, co-trimoxazole, calcium tablets, etc. can cause loss of appetite, which usually disappears naturally after stopping the medication.

Children's dietary tastes are influenced to a certain extent by their parents' genetics, but acquired behavioral habits are the most important. Therefore, parents should ensure that their children's food is diversified when they start eating, rather than just one type of food, to avoid forming a taste dependence. Vegetables, fruits, milk, eggs, beans, and meat are all nutritious foods needed by our bodies, and parents should match them reasonably for their children.