What are the dangers of picky eating in primary school students?

The harm of picky eating among primary school students must be paid attention to, because primary school students are in an important stage of physical development. If primary school students have picky eating, parents should help their children correct it in time. If primary school students have serious picky eating habits, nutritional imbalance will occur, which will lead to a decline in physical fitness and easily cause some diseases. It will also greatly affect children's learning ability and concentration.

If certain nutrients are lacking due to picky eating, it will directly affect the normal development and growth of the human body, making it prone to various diseases, especially the development and growth of the brain and intelligence. For example, lack of vitamins can cause various diseases. Lack of vitamin A can cause night blindness, lack of vitamin C can cause scurvy, and lack of vitamin D can cause rickets. Long-term picky eating will harm the healthy development and growth of children.

For children who only like to eat meat and not vegetables, if they consume too little vitamins and fiber, it is easy to cause vitamin C and carotene deficiency. Too little fiber will slow down intestinal peristalsis, affecting digestion and absorption functions and causing constipation. In addition, animal foods such as fish, meat, milk, and eggs are acidic foods. Eating too much of them for a long time will disrupt the body's internal environment. Normal body fluids should be alkaline. When body fluids are acidic, the body's resistance will decrease and it will be prone to disease. Acidic body fluids can also make children's temperament become sensitive, irritable, and more stubborn than ordinary children. Children who only eat vegetarian food lack the protein and fat necessary for growth and development. They often have poor physical development, weak constitution and poor resistance.

Primary school students should develop good eating habits, and their meals should be diversified, sufficient, and balanced. According to the season and market supply, make sure to match the coarseness and fineness of staple and non-staple foods, meat and vegetables, dry and wet foods, eat more dairy products such as milk, and soy products such as tofu, ensure adequate supply of calcium, and have balanced nutrition for three meals a day: eat full in the morning, eat well at noon, and eat less at night.

Foods such as fish, meat, eggs, milk, vegetables, fruits, and cereals all have their own different nutritional components. Only by not being picky eaters and absorbing nutrition comprehensively can the body grow better. Studies have found that picky eating has a very big impact on children's physical and intellectual development. It is very necessary to arrange children's dietary nutrition reasonably and exercise effectively.