Loss of appetite in children
Mothers often face the problem of anorexia that affects their children, especially in the second to sixth years of age, which forces the mother to use methods based on encouragement or threat, as well as some drugs that contribute to open his appetite, which is reflected negatively On the child, and leads to increase the problem rather than solve, and to address this problem effectively must first know the reasons behind them, which we will learn in this article.
Causes of anorexia
The causes that lead to the child’s anorexia are divided into organic causes related to his body and health, and physiological reasons related to his self.
Organic causes of anorexia
- Infection of the child with some viral or bacterial infections, which lead to the emergence of some ulcers in the mouth, or feeling full, and thus the loss of temporary appetite, but quickly disappear after the disappearance of these infections.
- The average calorie needed by the child’s body in this period of his age is slightly compared to the calories he needs in the first year of life, which requires the child to eat small amounts of food in proportion to the need of his body.
- Health factors related to the child’s injury such as dyspepsia, kidney failure, or congenital heart defects.
- The beginning of the appearance of teeth in the child, which leads to vomiting, diarrhea, high temperature, and thus loss of appetite to eat.
- The low proportion of iron in the baby’s blood, accompanied by fatigue and fatigue, and thus loss of appetite.
- The child’s growth rapidly changes in his early years, necessitating a change in his body’s needs for food, and sometimes anorexia.
The psychological causes of anorexia
- The child’s constant feeling of deprivation and sadness, as a result of some of the situations he is subjected to, or the bad treatment he receives at home from members of his family, especially his mother.
- The child’s preference for certain foods, and his excitability of certain varieties.
- The mother’s lack of knowledge of what her child prefers, and what kinds of foods that open his appetite for food.
- Feeding the child in a bad way depends on insulting, beating, or yelling.
- Parents watch for their food while eating, force them to abide by food etiquette, and are constantly and violently criticized for making a mistake while eating.
- The provision of food in a large amount does not fit the stomach of the child in his age, and the insistence of his mother to complete the class and finish.