Baby malnutrition

When the body is malnourished, it is easy to cause some diseases. There are some reasons for malnutrition. It is often caused by improper diet. Many people choose their diet randomly. In this way, when eating, it is of no help to supplement the body's nutrition. Moreover, in the long run, it will cause serious damage to the body. So what is the matter with baby malnutrition?

When babies are young, they need a lot of nutrients. Therefore, when babies have malnutrition problems, we must have a good understanding of the cause so that we know how to do the best and improve it.

Causes of malnutrition in babies:

Due to insufficient nutrient intake, the body's digestion and absorption functions are imperfect, and the body's glycogen is mobilized, followed by consumption of fat and protein, leading to a negative nitrogen balance. Plasma protein, blood sugar, and cholesterol all decrease, and the basal metabolism is only 70% or lower of that of normal children. The digestive tract motility and secretory functions of malnourished children are weakened, and the humoral cellular immune function is low.

Long-term improper diet, insufficient calories, artificial feeding based on mainly cereal foods of poor quality and small quantity, insufficient breast milk, improper addition of complementary foods, hasty weaning, and infants' inability to adapt. Digestive system diseases, congenital malformations, cleft lip, cleft palate, pyloric stenosis, cardia relaxation, feeding difficulties, imperfect digestive function, malabsorption, enteritis, dysentery, parasites, hepatitis and other digestive tract infectious diseases. Chronic wasting diseases, recurrent pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc. Malnutrition can also occur due to long-term fever, loss of appetite, reduced intake and excessive consumption. Other situations such as premature birth and twins are congenital conditions of malnutrition. Severe malnutrition is caused by a variety of reasons.

Through the above introduction, what are the causes of baby malnutrition? There are many reasons for this situation. After it occurs, the baby's body should be adjusted in all aspects, and mothers also need to pay attention to reasonable arrangements for the baby's diet. This will be of great help to improve the baby's physical fitness when eating.