What to do if your child has a poor appetite

There are many reasons for children’s poor appetite, parents should analyze why their children’s appetite is poor, and then carry out targeted treatment. In general, children with poor appetite can take measures from changing dietary habits, enhancing the taste of food, supplementing micronutrients, and relieving mental stress.1. Changing dietary habits: If a child has the habit of eating cold, greasy, spicy and stimulating food, or often overeat, picky and paranoid, parents need to consider the child’s poor appetite caused by poor dietary habits. In this case, parents should strictly control the child’s diet, so that the child to develop the habit of eating on time, and at the same time avoid the child to eat too many snacks before meals, but also to properly control the amount of fruit eaten. Also pay attention to the child’s balanced nutrition, try not to be partial; 2, enhance the taste of food: parents need to observe, the child’s poor appetite is regular, or specific occurrence at home or in a particular environment. If it only happens at home, you need to consider the possibility of poor food taste. Parents need to improve their cooking skills and diversify their diet in order to enhance the appetite of their children. 3. Supplementation of trace elements: Zinc deficiency can also affect the normal appetite of children and slow growth and development compared to their peers. When the zinc supplement is sufficient, the child’s appetite can also be improved. 4, relieve mental stress: excessive fatigue, excessive learning pressure, lack of sleep, etc. can also lead to the child’s poor appetite symptoms, parents need to help the child relax, soothe the tense nerves and ensure sufficient sleep. After the body and mood relaxation, the symptoms of poor appetite will usually disappear naturally; 5, appropriate exercise exercise: you can carry out appropriate activities and exercise, which is conducive to the enhancement of gastrointestinal function; 6, other: if the child has poor gastrointestinal function, the same symptoms of poor appetite can occur. Parents can let their children take appropriate oral digestive enzymes, such as pepsin granules, under the guidance of a doctor.