What is the reason for children's partial eating?

Many parents are at a loss as to what to do when their children become picky eaters. There are many reasons for this. Some are due to zinc deficiency. In fact, it has more to do with us parents, who have not helped our children develop good eating habits from the beginning. We parents all understand that picky eating is very detrimental to a child’s growth, but children are too young to realize this, so parents must help children correct their picky eating habits in a timely manner.

1. Give children whatever they want to eat: Always meet their dietary requirements, so that their taste becomes more and more sophisticated and they only pick out the delicious food they like.

2. Always eating snacks: A variety of snacks are very tempting to children. If they develop the habit of eating snacks frequently, it will lead to continuous secretion of gastrointestinal digestive juices and lack of necessary rest for the gastrointestinal tract, which may eventually lead to weakened digestive function and decreased appetite.

3. Parents “take care of” feeding for their children: When the child is about 1 year old, parents should cultivate the habit of eating by himself. However, some children are four or five years old, and adults still insist on feeding them, which affects the children’s interest in eating.

4. Eating while watching TV: This is a common problem among many children. The wonderful pictures on TV distract children’s appetite. If they are not full during the main meal, they tend to rely on snacks to supplement their appetite.

5. Failure to grasp the eating time: letting children eat right after they go to bed or finish playing games. Insufficient preparation and insufficient secretion of digestive juices will affect the child's digestive function and easily cause picky eating.

6. Monotonous food: Small families with young parents as the cooking staff are accustomed to cooking the same kind of food, or they always cook whatever the children like to eat. When the children get tired of the food, they develop picky eating habits.

7. Parents’ picky eating habits: Some parents have picky eating habits themselves and are picky about food. They often say in front of their children that this is not delicious and that is not tasty either. This may influence their children to learn from adults.

8. The food is not tasty: Even though many good things are bought, the parents’ cooking skills are not up to par, the food is tasteless or lacks variety, and the children do not like to eat and are not interested in it.

9. Bad dining atmosphere: Parents have bad relationships and often argue at the table. Children will be nervous when eating, which can lead to loss of appetite and induce picky eating.

Above we have introduced some reasons why children have picky eating habits, and we hope it can be helpful to parents and friends. Current research shows that if a child has a picky eating habit for a long time, it will have a great impact on his or her personality. Many children will have problems with concentration and bad temper due to picky eating. It is very important to find the reasons why children have picky eating habits and help them change their eating habits.