”Doctor, what should I do if my baby doesn’t like to eat?” We often encounter parents asking these kinds of questions in the clinic. Babies who do not like to eat are the biggest headache for parents. Some children have to mobilize the whole family to eat a meal, and even coax; some children take one or two hours to eat a meal, and in summer, it is fine, but in winter, the meal is cold and reheated, and then cold and reheated, causing parents a great headache; some children are eating two bites of rice to watch TV or go out to play for a while before they will continue to eat. Parents can not help but ask: “Why do not the baby love to eat, in the end how to make the child to eat it?” First of all, we need to see whether the baby has been eating badly or caused by recent illness or vaccination, the latter of these babies after a period of recuperation can basically restore the previous amount of food. There are some babies who are anorexic because of gastrointestinal discomfort, weakness or systemic diseases, these babies should go to the hospital in time and take medication under the guidance of the doctor, once the disease is cured, the child’s appetite will be restored. Of course, there are also some children who are anorexic due to the lack of trace elements of zinc in their bodies. Zinc-deficient children can be given more zinc-rich foods, such as seafood, animal liver, lean meat, fish roe, peanuts, walnuts, etc. If the zinc deficiency is severe, zinc supplementation should be chosen according to the doctor’s diagnosis. As a parent, you can improve your child’s anorexia behavior by starting from home care: 1. Ensure sufficient sleep: lack of sleep will inhibit the feeding center in the lower thalamus, thus significantly reducing digestive juices and peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, so sufficient sleep is a prerequisite for improving appetite. 2, diet should be regular, quantitative and fixed: regular and fixed meals will make the child form a conditioned reflex, whenever it is close to eating, his digestive system will be active, generating a sense of hunger, so as to be ready for eating. 3, to improve the interest in eating: parents can often change the method of cooking food to improve the color, aroma and taste of food, so as to improve the child’s interest in eating and promote appetite. 4, do not force to eat: many parents feel that their babies eat less, must let him eat more bites. In fact, due to the influence of physiological, psychological and environmental factors, the baby will sometimes eat a little more, and sometimes may eat a little less, this is a very natural thing, parents do not have to worry about. If you force the child to eat, but will cause the baby’s resentment, and over time will produce anorexia. 5, appropriate activities: outdoor activities can speed up metabolism, help the digestion and absorption of food, but do not strenuous activities within half an hour before eating. 6, do not reprimand the baby at the table: some studies have shown that when a person is in anger, sadness or anxiety, the pyloric sphincter will be radioactive contraction, so that food stays in the stomach, resulting in a decrease in appetite, and even gastritis. The actual fact is that you will not only reduce your appetite, but you will also make your child resist by refusing to eat. 7, do not eat snacks: Some children have to eat and drink many high-calorie snacks, such as chocolate, candy, etc., or drink a lot of drinks every day between meals, which will both make the sugar content in the blood too high, but also produce a sense of satiety, so there is no more hunger, so by the time the main meal time he simply does not have the appetite to eat, and afterwards to snack snacks to fill the hunger, thus forming a vicious circle. Clinical treatment for anorexia includes Chinese herbal medicines such as hawthorn-quat combination and noma-quat combination, and also external treatments such as acupuncture, tui-na, and compresses.