The Reasons Why Children Eat A Lot Still Do Not Gain Weight

Some of the problems that many mothers wonder is why their children eat so much and are full of substance but still stunted ... When taking their children to the clinic, the answer every mother receives is only "due to her body. poor absorption "or" depending on the location of the baby "

. My opinion is different, in fact children who eat well but still have stunting are simply the following causes:
1. Babies can be infected with worms, tapeworms
When infected with worms, children eat a lot but still grow slowly. Because your baby has these intestinal parasites dividing their food intake Parents need to periodically deworm their children twice a year, every 6 months
At each age, the child's physical condition, life status and activity will have different energy needs. Mothers should pay attention when putting energy into the body of children in both quantity and quality.



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2. Many meals but not enough
There are mothers who keep thinking that feeding a child a certain amount of food is enough and has enough meals. For example, for one year old children need to eat a full bowl of porridge for each meal, 4 meals a day porridge and 500 ml of milk. If your child only eats 2/3 bowls and 2-3 meals, it will not be enough for his needs. That is not enough quality and number of meals for the baby
3 Many but not enough quality, monotonous food
Most of us Vietnamese people will eat as they like, just need to eat delicious without calculating whether the amount of food when taken into the body has enough nutrients or not. As recommended, each person should eat 15 to 20 different foods per day to complete the nutritional intake.
There are many mothers who feed their children much in quantity but not in quality. For example, a child's bowl of porridge should be 30-40 g of meat and shrimp and 2 teaspoons of grease.



. Lack of oil is also one of the reasons baby does not gain weight. Oil can help vitamins dissolve. Without oil, children will be deficient in these vitamins, leading to growth retardation and stunting.
4 Vitamin deficiency
In order for children to develop comprehensively, mothers need to pay attention to their children's expressions, to promptly detect deficiencies and supplement necessary vitamins for children.
For example, when children are deficient in vitamin C, they often complain of pain, body fatigue, and it is easy to suffer from tooth decay, yellow teeth, swollen gums. Babies with vitamin A deficiency, mothers can see their children afraid of light, less tears and rough skin, easy to scab.
If your baby does not gain weight, has little urine and fussy, anorexia, digestive disorders (diarrhea, constipation), it is likely that they are deficient in vitamin B1.
If you see your baby often sweating, soft head, hair loss in the shape of a towel, teeth grow slowly, long crawling, walking, sleeping or startling children, irritability, frustration ..



.. sure children are lack of vitamin D
Manifestations in children with vitamin B12 deficiency, pale face, yellow hair and hair, unhappy spirit, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea.
5. Many but redundant
Mothers often have a habit of forcing their babies to eat beyond their ability to digest. For example, children from 6 months of age only eat a maximum of half a bowl of flour (100 ml), if you eat a lot of children will not be able to digest all, leftovers will easily cause bloating, indigestion, digestive disorders and lead to weight loss.
Besides, the mother also feeds too much protein causing constipation. Protein should only provide 14% of the diet is enough for the baby.
6. Many but not suitable
Depending on the condition of each baby, absorption and digestion of food will be different, so they may eat a lot more than their peers but too much compared to children.



Therefore, mothers need to reduce the amount of food and the amount of milk for their children to have proper digestion and let their children develop in the best way.
Some children also have intestinal pathology, liver disease, genetic or allergic disease, intolerance of food ... reduce the ability to digest and absorb food.
Maybe children have some endocrine diseases such as hypothyroidism, pituitary dwarfism .. are also causes of slow growth. Babies born prematurely, fetal malnutrition, so it is difficult to gain weight.



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7. Children are hyperactive
There are some cases where children will have a high basic metabolism, consume a lot of energy, so when they eat a lot, they are still thin. Babies who are more active running and running also consume a lot of energy, so when they eat a lot, they still gain weight slowly.
Ds. Nguyen Thi Thuy.

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