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When children turn 4 years old, their eating habits as well as their eating habits begin to get used to adult foods. If during this period, parents do not properly care for their children's nutrition, which can cause children to experience anorexia. So, what should parents do to prevent and deal with anorexia in children.
1. Anorexia 4-year-old children and causes of anorexia
Anorexia or anorexia is considered a condition in which children refuse to eat or are not interested in eating or eat too slowly, have no appetite... This condition is manifested by many different causes and It can also be medical or psychological.
Identifying the cause of 4-year-old anorexia can help parents find effective solutions to overcome this situation. One of the main causes of this condition for children can be:
Anorexia caused by psychology can be said to be a cause that depends on the attitude and practice of taking care of children. If parents always scold, or force children in meals, and the foods the children do not like make the children feel pressured every time they make their own meals. Over time, it will make 4-year-old children lazy to eat and lead to serious effects on children's development. Anorexia in 4-year-olds is sometimes caused by health problems such as canker sores or respiratory diseases - cough, fever, sore throat... or digestive diseases - bloating, indigestion, indigestion. diarrhea, constipation,... Anorexia in 4-year-olds can also stem from bad habits such as children playing video games or watching TV when eating or eating, often sucking and chewing less...
Trẻ 4 tuổi biếng ăn đôi khi do trẻ gặp phải các vấn đề về sức khoẻ
2. Some remedies to help 4-year-olds improve their anorexia
4-year-old child is lazy to eat what to do? First, parents need to determine exactly what causes their child's anorexia. Then there are a few things that parents can do to help improve their child's anorexia.
Prepare a diverse menu of dishes and have a rich combination of new and old dishes. For 4-year-olds, they have begun to be aware of dishes, so when preparing food for children, parents need to choose foods and prepare a variety of foods to help children familiarize themselves with many foods. products as well as many different tastes. At that time, helping to stimulate the child's taste will help them eat more deliciously. For 4-year-old children who do not gain weight or show signs of malnutrition, parents should consult a doctor or nutritionist so that they can build a reasonable and nutritious diet for their children. . Parents should train their children to eat like adults and family members. By the time a child is 4 years old, he or she will be able to perform meal prep tasks. Therefore, parents should let their children participate in the preparation such as taking dishes, taking water and arranging food. Other family members can guide and work with the child to encourage and motivate the child. Children who perform these tasks will help them integrate better with all family members, making the atmosphere of the meal happier and more comfortable, helping them to eat more deliciously. Parents should make children's meals at a fixed time frame, so it will help the child's digestive system work better. At the same time, it also limits the child's snacking before meals so that children can eat less often at the main meal. Depending on the age of the child, there will be a different number of meals a day and parents need to balance the number of meals as well as the amount of food to help children be provided with all the nutrients needed for growth. of children.
Cha mẹ nên tập cho trẻ thói quen ăn như người lớn và các thành viên trong gia đình khi trẻ 4 tuổi biếng ăn
3. Principles when building a diet for anorexic children
The daily diet of an anorexic 4-year-old child needs to ensure all four groups of nutrients. For 4-year-old children who are lazy to eat, parents need to pay special attention to the nutrients they provide daily. According to the recommendations of experts, the group of four-year-old anorexic children should focus on mainly protein, lipid, glucide, vitamins and minerals. In particular, these groups of substances are selected from foods of animal origin and food. In addition, 4-year-old anorexic children still need to maintain the content of milk or food products made from milk, accounting for about 30% of the child's diet. 4-year-olds already know how to recognize favorite foods or dislike foods. Therefore, parents need to adjust the child's food portion to suit the child's preferences to help the child enjoy the meal more.
The parent's practice of alternating processing of foods that children love and new foods will help children gradually get used to a variety of foods, and parents should also explain to children the meaning of food. each type of food for children to better perceive when choosing and using food.
4 year old anorexic children need to be supplemented with healthy fats. Many parents often ignore this group of nutrients without knowing that this group of substances helps the child's neurons to be formed and develop optimally. Moreover, fat also plays a major role in absorbing fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K... and also contains many valuable nutrients such as DHA, EPA, ARA, .. These nutrients are essential for the brain development of children. Foods that contain healthy fats parents should choose to add to their child's diet: cooking oil - often used from seeds such as sunflower seeds, or olive oil, corn oil because of its composition. The part of these oils contains high levels of unsaturated fats that are good for the growth of children. Parents can use cooking oil to fry, stir-fry food or make salads with olive oil and other dishes... Salmon, tuna also belong to the food group that provides a good amount of omega 3 fatty acids. diverse. However, parents who use these types of fish should also be careful to avoid using fish containing heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, lead, etc., which adversely affect the health of children. Avocado is a plant-based food, but contains a rich content of monounsaturated fats that help children grow healthy while also helping to reduce bad cholesterol in the body. Avocados can be eaten raw or used to prepare many attractive dishes and stimulate children's taste buds.
Nutritional content in the diet of 4-year-old lazy eaters. When children are at this stage, things will be more flexible than in the early stages of children. And parents can not force children to eat foods that children do not like. Therefore, parents should help children to be provided with an adequate amount of food a day without forcing them to eat nutritious foods. To do this, parents need to ensure that the meal contains all four groups of nutrients. At the same time, flexibly using foods in the same nutrient group helps children's meals to be varied and makes them more interested in foods. The number of meals children at this age should include three main meals and two snacks. Parents should prioritize the use of foods that have many benefits for the digestive system, or balance the intestinal microflora such as yogurt, whey, fruit... And 4-year-old children are still anorexic. need to ensure a day about 350 to 500 ml of milk to help provide calcium and healthy fats for the development of children.
In the case of a 4-year-old child with prolonged anorexia, malabsorption, and growth retardation, parents should supplement their children with supportive products containing lysine, essential micro-minerals and vitamins such as zinc, chromium, selenium, and vitamins. Group B helps to fully meet the nutritional needs of children. At the same time, these essential vitamins also support digestion, enhance nutrient absorption, help improve anorexia, and help children eat well. Parents can simultaneously apply dietary supplements and functional foods derived from nature for easy absorption. The most important thing is that improving your baby's symptoms often takes a long time. Combining many types of functional foods at the same time or changing many types in a short time can make the baby's digestive system unable to adapt and completely not good. Therefore, parents must be really patient with their children and regularly visit the website vimec.com to update useful baby care information.
