Reasons and solutions for children's picky eating. What should I do if my child is picky about eating and has anorexia and is particularly thin?

Children are very different from adults. Children will not hide their preferences, so they are prone to being picky eaters. If parents do not help their children correct their behavior in time, then children are prone to malnutrition. Therefore, let us understand the reasons and solutions for children's picky eating. What should I do if my child is picky about food and is particularly thin?

If a child has a picky eating problem, education and adjustment should be actively carried out: 1. Tell the child that picky eating is wrong. You can reason with the child, and also use stories and fairy tales to let him know that picky eating is wrong and will harm the body and cause weakness, disease, short growth, ugly, and unattractiveness. The child will be able to realize that picky eating is wrong and has serious harm, and will be able to actively eat and have a balanced diet; 2. Picky eating behavior should be stopped in time. Once discovered, it should be stopped immediately. This issue must have a clear attitude and firm means. You cannot compromise or drag the problem to tomorrow. Only in this way can the child know the bottom line and principles; 3. Actively encourage children to eat more vegetables and fruits to give them more motivation not to be picky eaters. Instead of preventing the occurrence of picky eating problems, it is better to actively encourage the desired behavior, such as encouraging them to eat more vegetables and green leafy vegetables during meals.

When children are picky eaters and don't like to eat, it is necessary to find out what factors cause it. For example, if it is picky eating and anorexia caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, you can take stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting drugs under the guidance of a doctor. It may also be caused by a lack of trace elements. Zinc deficiency can cause loss of appetite, and zinc supplementation is needed. Because children develop relatively quickly, iron deficiency anemia can be caused, which leads to a decline in digestive function and picky eating. Oral iron supplements can be taken to correct anemia. If it is picky eating and anorexia caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, you can take stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets under the guidance of a doctor. It may also be caused by a lack of trace elements. Zinc deficiency can cause loss of appetite, and zinc supplementation is needed. Because young children develop relatively quickly, iron deficiency anemia can be caused, which leads to a decline in digestive function and picky eating. Oral iron supplements can be taken to correct anemia.

Parents can chop the meat into small pieces and put it into steamed eggs or porridge to make minced meat steamed eggs or minced meat porridge; directly boil the meat until it is soft, then mash it and eat it with rice. Some babies don't like to eat meat because they don't like the taste of meat, while others have a kind of inertia formed during the chewing period and are unwilling to chew. The first thing parents should do is to find a way to make the taste of meat less prominent and easier to chew, so that babies can accept this taste and like eating meat. Babies like colorful colors and cartoon characters very much. Parents may wish to put some effort into cooking, such as making colorful dumplings, cooking a bowl of colorful noodles, frying a dish with eyes (just put some fruits on it), etc. These can arouse children's strong interest in trying.

1. Improve the aesthetics of food. Many children do not like to eat certain foods. This may be because parents do not pay attention to the shape of the dishes when making them, the ingredients are not well matched, and the colors do not look good, so children will not have an appetite. Parents can match various vegetables with beautiful colors, such as green vegetables, purple vegetables, and pumpkin-colored vegetables. In addition to making the dishes beautiful, you can also give the food some names of small animals or children's interests, so that children's picky eating can be improved.

2. Parents should set a good example. When parents find that their children are picky eaters, it may be that they themselves have a picky eating problem. Therefore, if parents want to change their children's picky eating problem, they should first set a good example. Don't let children think that their parents don't like certain foods but force them to eat them. This way, children will naturally become picky eaters.

3. Dishes that children don’t like can be “hidden”. Hiding here does not mean literally hiding the dishes, but using some clever methods to blend these foods into the foods they like. For example, you can add some vegetables to dumplings to make stuffing, or you can squeeze some vegetables and fruits into juice for children to drink.