What if children don't like to eat?
Mothers often encounter such troubles: other people's babies eat with relish, but their own babies drag their feet at mealtimes and are not interested in eating anything. Even coaxing and cheating are ineffective, and even partial eclipse and refusal to eat appear. Eating is often the focus of conflict between children and parents. On the one hand, parents persecute like demons, on the other hand, children are unwilling to eat or swallow meals with tears in their eyes. This kind of scene is not uncommon in families with preschool children, and parents can't do anything about this tiring tug-of-war. At present, anorexia has become a common problem for only children, especially for children aged 1-2 and children aged 5-6. What are the reasons for children's anorexia?
Bad eating habits
For young children, the temptation of snacks is very strong. In non-meal time, chocolate, cakes and snacks satisfy their thirst for sweetness, and at the same time fill their stomachs, resulting in high blood sugar content and no hunger. When eating, I have no appetite, I am hungry between meals, and I once again use snacks and candy to satisfy my hunger. This puts the cart before the horse and forms a vicious circle. Eating habits are the biggest obstacle to guide children to eat normally.
For young children, the temptation of snacks is very strong.
Insufficient consumption
Modern families are limited by the living environment, and the communication between children is not as frequent as in the past. Many children are addicted to TV and computer games, trapped in a narrow space, lacking enough outdoor activities, unable to complete high energy consumption, and naturally it is not easy to feel hungry.
The disorder of eating time caused by the accelerated pace of life
Parents are busy with their careers and can't provide food for their children normally, so that their children are hungry and have no food, and their lifestyle is extremely irregular. In some families, parents themselves are unwilling to observe the regular meal time, eat whatever they want, don't care if they miss the dinner, and even replace it with biscuits and bread, which has set a negative image for their children to a great extent. Children are in the stage of exploring and understanding the world, and they have strong imitation ability. In the eyes of children, parents are the most accessible imitation objects, and their words and deeds have a subtle influence on children.
Illness leads to anorexia in children.
Children's anorexia is caused by diseases such as zinc deficiency, iron deficiency, calcium deficiency, anemia, stomach disease and indigestion, which leads to the decline of digestive function and affects appetite; Those children with digestive system diseases or other chronic diseases, on the one hand, are out of physical discomfort, on the other hand, because taking medicine affects appetite, and psychosomatic discomfort aggravates anorexia. In addition, children are prone to pharyngolaryngitis, and local pain during eating often makes children "waste food because of choking." In addition, some food allergic reactions, even in the face of non-allergic foods, will make children anorexia.
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Mental and psychological factors
This factor is often ignored by parents. For example, let children watch TV while eating; Criticize and scold children while eating. Children's own factors, such as being scared, overly nervous or excited, will make them resist food. There are also some children who are unwilling to eat because they are temporarily unable to adapt to the psychology when they first entered the kindergarten. Because this psychological change is not easy to be detected, parents ignore their children's feelings, which makes them nervous when eating.
Hunger is the best cook
Give the child a time limit. If he can't finish eating, he will quietly take the food away. On this basis, let children eat regularly and quantitatively and cultivate good eating habits.
Control snacks between meals. Never give snacks to children when they are hungry during abnormal meals.
Require family members to act in unison and occasionally make concessions or concessions, which will be difficult to make up in the future.
Attract children with delicious food, pay attention to food collocation and rich colors, and ensure its freshness and diversity.
Choose some tableware with vivid patterns and appropriate sizes, which are suitable for children to grasp. These auxiliary materials are also one of the ways to stimulate children's appetite.
Tableware suitable for children to grasp
Appropriately increasing children's activity and arranging more outdoor activities for children can promote children's metabolism and accelerate the digestion and absorption of food.
It is not unreasonable for children to be anorexic. After learning to understand children's habits and psychology, we can prevent and solve the problem of anorexia. Create a pleasant and harmonious dining atmosphere for children, and try to create a quiet and comfortable environment to keep children relaxed. Don't reprimand or even punish children at the dinner table, increase their psychological pressure, and don't force them to eat. You should take a natural attitude. Respect children's opinions when they say "enough"; When you say "no", you can take the food away. Eating less and eating more actually has little effect on children.
After finding out the causes of children's anorexia, we should first educate children scientifically and arrange their diet: try to diversify food every day. Cereals, meat, beans and vegetables should be reasonably matched; Secondly, let children eat regularly, overcome the habit of eating snacks, let children do more outdoor activities and drink more boiled water, especially cold boiled water, to promote metabolism. In addition, taking a preparation containing a proper amount of lactic acid bacteria every day can increase the beneficial flora, protect the gastrointestinal tract, help children improve their appetite, and enhance their gastrointestinal function and immunity. In daily catering, appetite fluctuation is normal. After a child is one year old, as the growth rate slows down, his appetite will also decrease. On the eve of the peak growth period, children usually eat more. As long as the child is healthy, it means that nutrition is enough. It is important to help them establish a correct attitude towards food in the early stage of growth, and the good eating habits they develop will affect their life.
Conclusion: In fact, every child will not like to eat for a while, so parents should not be too anxious. For children who don't like to eat, don't give them the habit of eating snacks because they are afraid of being hungry, so that children will not eat. Let children understand the importance of eating and don't develop the habit of anorexia.