How to increase the weight of my children

The normal weight of the baby

The mother is keen to give her children care and attention, to provide them with the food that provides them with the energy they need, to promote their growth, and to be happy to reflect their efforts on the young and they have a proper weight without obesity and thin, but what determines if the person is thin or fat?

Doctors rely on the body mass index (BMI) for adults and on the indicator’s percentage scores for children up to two years of age or older. BMI can be found for adults by calculating the body weight in kilograms per square meter in meters.

For children between 2-20 years, the “BMI percentage” is based on weight, height, age, and gender. Body mass index (BMI), and the percentage slice of the child’s body mass index (BMI) can be calculated by some websites, Can be compared to the tables that are ready to display the different categories of BMI, and it can be identified if the adult or the child suffers from lack or increase in weight. The following tables show the different categories of BMI in adults and children:

Tips to increase the weight of children

The mother can increase the weight of the child by following the following tips and instructions:

• Increase the concentration of milk meals for infants by reducing the amount of water added to dry milk powder. Food supplements can also be added to compensate for the calorie shortage of meal such as maltodextrin or corn oil.
• Rice can be added to mashed foods if the baby is older than four months.
• Add a little butter, cheese and vegetables to the baby.
• Delay the delivery of juices and fluids to the child after the meal is hard enough.
• Encourage the child to eat three main meals, and three snacks, provided that snacks are provided to the child on fixed dates and fixed, so as not to reduce the child’s appetite for the main meal. Examples of healthy snacks include peanut butter, fresh fruit or vegetables, biscuit chips, cheese, boiled eggs, pudding, yoghurt, and pastries.
• Allow the child to eat his own food, such as holding a bottle of milk, eating food with his fingers or using a spoon, tolerating him and not reproaching him if he causes some mess while eating.
• Encourage and praise the child when he eats his food, and do not punish him if he does not eat it completely.
• Remove all that distracts the child and distract him from eating like television and others.
• Make sure that the time to eat and have fun for the child, and eat in a family atmosphere allows the child to monitor the options of eating healthy others, which encourages him to adhere to them.
• Sometimes the mother may need ten or more attempts to introduce a new meal to the child before he or she accepts it. The child with autism may need thirty attempts to show the food before accepting it.
• Encourage your child to eat without being forced to do so.
• Not to reward the child for food, or to punish him by refusing to eat.
• Consult a dietitian to make sure there is no health problem causing a child’s weight loss.
• Do not offer fruit juice to babies before 6 months of age, after which they can offer 100% natural fruit juice but not more than 180 milligrams per day. Local fruit juice is preferred to avoid it because the child will feel full without providing protein, fat and energy.
• Do not give the child too much junk food because it is low protein content and does not promote growth.
• Give the child a bag to eat at school, and be careful to contain sources of carbohydrates, proteins, vegetables and fruit, and milk products.
• Encourage the slim child to exercise, simple sports and ordinary games without exaggeration, so as to build healthy bones and muscles.
• Do not provide milk at night to the child, to avoid weakening the baby’s appetite for solid foods during the day.
• Give the child complementary vitamins such as vitamins A, D, and C which increase appetite, help him absorb iron, and avoid giving the child iron supplements if he does not suffer from lack, because it may cause constipation and poor appetite.
• Encourage your child to eat peanut butter with fruits and vegetables.
• Add a few healthy oils, such as olive oil to meals.
• Choose calories rich in calories, such as granola, which contains nuts, dried fruits and chocolate chips, and can be served to the baby with whole-fat yogurt. Chickpeas and beans as a snack provide the body with protein and fat. It is important to refrain from serving snacks to the child while watching television or using the computer.
• Encourage your child to eat by engaging the child in preparing food, shopping, and planning meals.

Causes of underweight

If the mother finds that her child is underweight it is important to know the reasons that prevent her child from gaining the right weight to be able to remedy the situation, and possible causes of underweight in children:

• Lack of adequate food due to breastfeeding problems or problems associated with the transition to solid foods in infants, and sometimes underweight results from the inability of the mother to determine sufficient amounts of food for the child, or parents’ inability to provide sufficient quantities Of the food for the child.
• The inability of the child to eat as a result of some disorders resulting from premature birth, or delayed growth, and that the child’s autism reduces the acceptance of some types of food.
• Metabolic disorders: disorders that limit the ability of the body to break down and destroy food particles and extract energy from them.
• Infection of the child with diseases of the digestive system, which may limit the ability of the body to absorb nutrients, and therefore does not increase the weight of the child, and these diseases:
• Endocrine disorder, heart problems, and lungs: A child with these diseases needs a lot of calories, so it is difficult for the child to eat a lot of food to match his body’s increasing demand for calories.
• Rabbit lip: is a condition that affects the child’s ability to eat, and therefore will be weighed less than normal.
• Infections that increase the body’s consumption of calories, and reduce appetite, such as urinary tract infections, or tuberculosis.
• Food intolerance – the inability of the body to absorb certain foods. Examples include the inability of the body to absorb foods containing milk proteins.

Complications resulting from low weight

Weight loss can cause the following:

• Speed ​​of irritation.
• Permanent damage to brain growth if undernourishment occurs during the first year of the child’s life; it is the year in which the child’s brain develops at a rapid rate that exceeds brain growth rates in later years.
• The development of the child is delayed, so he can not speak, sit, or walk at normal age.
• Avoid the child’s visual communication, and lose interest in the surrounding environment.