Children's gastrointestinal function has not fully developed, so their digestive and absorption abilities are much weaker compared to adults. Once children do not pay attention, they often suffer from malnutrition. After malnutrition occurs, it will directly affect the normal growth and development of the baby. So what should young children eat for malnutrition? This article will introduce several good methods for making food.
1、 Why do children suffer from malnutrition
1. Improper feeding: Failure to add milk substitutes in a timely manner or insufficient or diluted milk substitutes can lead to a lack of protein and energy in the baby, resulting in chronic malnutrition. Chronic malnutrition can also occur in babies who do not add complementary foods in a timely manner or are weaned suddenly after 4 months of age. Malnutrition in young or school-age children is often caused by picky eating, selective eating, and excessive snacking.
2. Disease factors: Multiple births, twins, premature infants, due to congenital deficiencies, have poor sucking, swallowing, digestion and absorption functions, and are prone to malnutrition. Recurrent respiratory infections, chronic diarrhea, parasitic diseases, chronic dysentery, and other illnesses can also cause malnutrition.
2、 Symptoms of malnutrition in children
The foundation of health comes from nutrition, and for children, it is important to be alert to both overnutrition and malnutrition. The common manifestations of malnutrition are:
1. Protein deficiency: Clinically prone to fatigue, often accompanied by anemia, weight loss in children, delayed growth and development, and decreased resistance to infectious diseases.
2. Fat deficiency: Children are prone to fat soluble vitamin deficiencies, including deficiencies in vitamin A and vitamin D.
3. Carbohydrate deficiency: Children are prone to hypoglycemia, which often manifests clinically as fatigue and delayed growth and development.
4. Calcium deficiency: Children are prone to osteoporosis, abnormal bone and tooth development, and some may experience low calcium seizures.
5. Phosphorus deficiency: Children often suffer from loss of appetite and are prone to develop osteoporosis clinically, manifested as abnormal development of bones and teeth, and in severe cases, pathological fractures may occur.
6. Potassium deficiency: Children often experience muscle weakness, and in severe cases, arrhythmia may occur.
7. Insufficient dietary fiber: Clinically, it is often manifested as constipation, etc.
3、 What to eat for children with malnutrition
1. Mushroom Congee
Ingredients: 50g of millet, 50g of fresh shiitake mushrooms.
How to do it: first boil millet porridge, take its soup liquid, and then boil it with mushrooms.
Usage: Take 3 times a day, continuously effective.
Food restriction: Xiaomi should not be eaten with almonds.
2. Stewed Pork Chop and Radish
Ingredients: 500g white radish, 250g pork ribs (pork chops), 3g salt, 10g scallions.
Method: Chop the pork ribs into 3 centimeter sized segments. Cut the white radish into slices. Stew the spareribs until the meat is boneless, then add radish slices and scallions to stew until cooked, skim the oil slick on Noodles in soup, and add salt to serve.
Food conflict: White radish should not be eaten with ginseng or American ginseng.
3. Banana, raisin, milk
Ingredients: 30g milk, 25g bananas, 20g brown rice, 10g raisins, 5g lemon juice.
Method: Cut the banana into 5mm round pieces and sprinkle with lemon juice. Pour cooked brown rice into a bowl, then add banana slices and raisins, and pour in milk before serving.
Malnutrition in young children can cause many symptoms and physical manifestations. If you find that your child is experiencing symptoms of malnutrition, you must find a way to remedy it. The foods discussed in this article can be given to malnourished children to eat more appropriately, which has a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition.
