What to do if your child doesn’t like to eat

  First of all, if a child does not like to eat, it is necessary to exclude that it is caused by a disease in the body, such as parasitic infection, lack of trace elements in the body, poor appetite caused by cold or fever, and other factors. Secondly, if a child does not like to eat in the absence of disease, parents need to take measures to help the child eat.  If the child has a parasitic infection, such as roundworms, there may be a phenomenon of not eating, this situation can go to the hospital for routine stool examination, after the diagnosis of the baby to take worming drugs, after the parasites are cleared, the baby does not like to eat phenomenon will improve on its own. If the body lacks trace elements, such as zinc and calcium will also appear children do not like to eat phenomenon, so usually give children to supplement zinc and calcium, you can drink zinc gluconate or calcium acid effect are better.  If the child usually has a good appetite, but suddenly does not like to eat, it may also be due to the cold or fever caused by poor appetite, then parents should carefully check, if these factors are caused by the need for timely treatment. But if there is no disease in the body, children do not like to eat, parents should try to diversify the diet, often change dishes, buy children’s favorite tableware, add fun to the meal and other measures to help children eat more. There are also some children because of poor eating habits, such as not eating on time, chasing after feeding, etc., may cause children do not like to eat on their own, need to pay attention to timely adjustment.  In addition, usually do not give children too many snacks and indigestible food, to help increase the baby’s exercise, so as to improve appetite.