The dangers of picky eating in children

Picky eating in children will lead to incomplete nutritional intake, affecting physical development and height. Therefore, you should pay more attention to supplementing your child's diet at ordinary times, otherwise it will be very harmful to the child. If children are nutrient deficient due to picky eating, they need to be supplemented in time to prevent growth and development from stunting.

1. There are many nutrients required in the human body, such as vitamins, inorganic salts, fats, and proteins. These substances cannot exist in the same food at the same time. If the child is picky eater, the intake of nutrients cannot be guaranteed, resulting in an imbalance of nutrition, and the child cannot grow and develop normally.

2. If children who are picky eaters eat and play while eating, they will eat for too long, which will affect the intake of nutrients, and at the same time cause disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, which will affect digestion and absorption. If not corrected in time, it will lead to growth retardation or even stagnation.

3. Picky eating will make children lose their appetite. In the long run, it will lead to malnutrition and nutritional anemia, and there will be a phenomenon of decreased resistance, and it is easy to suffer from some infectious diseases and diseases of the digestive tract.

4. Insufficient intake of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and other nutrients in the child's body will lead to the phenomenon of underweight, and the increase will also increase slowly.

So what can be done to alleviate or solve the problem of picky eating in children?

1. For the food that the child does not like, parents can try it, and show a very delicious and satisfied look, providing the child with a positive opportunity to imitate.

2. You can invite children to participate in the cooking process, let them enjoy the fruits of their labor, then their appetite will increase, and even willing.

3. When eating, no matter what kind of mistakes the child makes, don't scold, intimidate or punish the child, otherwise it will affect the child's appetite, let the child eat happily through some ways of encouragement and reward, and Happy to eat.

4. Be attentive when the child is eating, not watching TV or playing games, so as not to distract the child's attention and not be conducive to the child's digestion.

Parents should also learn to use baby bibs and disposable placemats while their children are eating. Because younger children eat more slowly, food residues can remain on their clothes or on the tables and chairs they eat. Disposable baby bibs can protect children's clothes well, and can be discarded after meals. The disposable baby eating bibs can reduce the cleaning times for fresh mothers so it is a good help for them. Disposable placemats protect the table where children eat, prevent the table from being contaminated by food residues, and effectively prolong the use of the table.