What happens to malnutrition in children?

Unbalanced nutrition is the biggest cause of malnutrition in children. Nutritional imbalances can occur at two extremes: one is overweight and the other is lean.

Some children have weak spleen and stomach function and poor absorption, resulting in nutritional deficiencies; Some children absorb what they eat, and their elders also enjoy it, but their weight is a strong **, and they become fat children. Maybe parents don't think there's anything bad, but obesity will cause hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, etc. Recommended Reading:

Evaluation criteria for child malnutrition.

There are several factors that cause nutritional imbalance: there are other common phenomena such as zinc deficiency, calcium deficiency, obesity and so on in young children, indicating that children's nutritional imbalance has become an indisputable real problem. This is a question that plagues parents.

If it is allowed to continue to develop for a long time, it will directly affect the normal development and physical health of young children, which is related to the physical fitness of a generation, and we need to pay attention to solve it urgently. Therefore, there are many aspects to causing malnutrition in children, but they are mainly directly related to the child's diet

1) When some children eat at home, they don't eat unpleasant and unpalatable meals, and parents will go along and give special care when cooking, so that children will be disgusted with a certain meal.

2) It is related to the influence of parents' eating habits. Parents are the child's initiation teachers, and their behavior has a direct impact on the child.

3) Associated with overeating. Some toddlers begin to like a certain kind of food very much, so they don't have enough to eat, they don't control it, they overeat, and their appetite is unbearable, so they have a greasy psychology of this food. If you don't eat fatty meat, this is the case.

4) Related to cooking techniques. Due to the low level, the food cooking is not good, and the long-term flower sample is single, which is also one of the reasons for anorexia in young children.

5) It is also related to unreasonable diet and incomplete nutrition.

If the child is not well nourished.

What are the common causes of malnutrition in infants and young children?

It is inextricably related to three reasons, such as unreasonable addition of complementary food, congenital malnutrition, and the influence of breast milk during lactation.

First, congenital malnutrition, some babies are born with a relatively weak physique, the body's resistance is not very good, especially if there are diseases in the digestive system, it is easy to form congenital malnutrition, this situation needs to be conditioned the day after tomorrow, and it is also necessary to strengthen exercise, enhance the baby's physique, and improve malnutrition.

Second, the addition of complementary food is unreasonable.

The baby has reached a certain stage, especially when it is about 6 months old, it should be added to the baby in time, the addition of complementary food is very important, generally starting from rice noodles, the taste is single, and then gradually transitioning, the taste, the variety is more diverse, and pay attention to the timely addition of calcium, fruits, vegetables, fish and grains, etc., do not add complementary food to the baby too late or too early, it is easy to cause malnutrition, food accumulation, etc., affecting the normal development of the baby's spleen and stomach, and the absorption of nutrients will also be greatly reduced.

Thirdly, the effects of lactating breast milk.

If the mother does not have enough milk secretion during the lactation period, can not meet the needs of the baby, or the milk secretion is excessive, resulting in milk accumulation, the quality of milk declines, at this time, if the baby is prone to indigestion after eating, for a long time, the body is thin, and the physique will also decline, which is easy to induce malnutrition.

There is also the absorption or loss of nutrients, such as insufficient secretion of the pancreas, abnormal liver function, malabsorption of the small intestine, bacterial overgrowth, diarrhea enteropathy, and chronic parasites, which can lead to the loss of nutrients or impaired absorption.

When dyeing slowly, the ordinary nutrient supply can not meet his needs, and he needs to increase energy, and there is an imbalance between consumption and energy, which is also the cause of malnutrition in children.

Malnutrition in infants and young children is a chronic wasting disease caused by the lack of protein and calories in the body, slowed growth and development, apathy, and low systemic resistance, which is mainly seen in infants and young children under the age of 3. Because infants and young children grow and develop rapidly, the demand for nutrients is relatively large, and the digestion and absorption function is not perfect. In recent years, malnutrition has become relatively rare due to the general improvement of people's living standards.

The main causes of malnutrition are:

Low intake of nutrients for a long time. If the baby is short of milk after birth, rice noodles and porridge are used as staple foods too early; or difficulty breastfeeding due to cleft lip or palate; There are also a small number of sick children caused by long-term picky eating, picky eating, and snacking. Malabsorption of nutrients.

Children often have diarrhea or accompanied by pancreatic insufficiency and liver dysfunction, which hinders the absorption and utilization of nutrients. Increased demand for nutrients. Twins, premature infants, various acute and slow infections, and accelerated growth and development will increase the body's demand for nutrients, resulting in a relative shortage of nutrients and energy.

Increased excretion of nutrients. For example, diabetes increases the loss of glucose in the body, and nephrotic syndrome is often accompanied by massive proteinuria, and these diseases are often prone to malnutrition. Therefore, in order to prevent malnutrition, we must first promote breastfeeding, supplement supplementary food reasonably and in a timely manner, and correctly arrange the life of children; Promote outdoor activities, enhance physical fitness, and prevent infection:

Timely ** chronic diseases and digestive tract diseases, correction of various congenital malformations, if necessary, appropriate supplementation of some digestive enzymes, vitamins and trace elements.

In general, there are several factors:

a) Improper feeding.

Chronic inadequate feeding, e.g. insufficient breast milk and failure to add complementary foods as soon as possible; For artificial feeders, the quality and quantity of food do not meet the needs, such as over-dilution of milk, or simple feeding with starchy foods; Sudden weaning, babies not being able to adapt to new foods, etc.

2) Poor eating habits.

3) Disease ** element.

Persistent infantile diarrhea, chronic enteritis or dysentery, malabsorption syndrome caused by various enzyme deficiencies, intestinal parasitic diseases, tuberculosis, measles, recurrent respiratory tract infections, chronic urinary tract infections, etc., certain congenital malformations of the digestive tract (such as cleft lip, cleft palate, congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis or cardia relaxation, etc.) and severe congenital heart disease can cause feeding difficulties.

If your child is malnourished, seek help from a doctor.

When your baby is malnourished, dietary modifications are the first priority to correct malnutrition, and the following 9 ways to improve may help your baby recover.

1. The baby's diet should choose foods that are easy to digest and absorb, high in calories and high in protein.

2. Malnourished infants are mainly milk, and breast milk, milk and other milk substitutes can be used. Severely malnourished babies may be given diluted milk, yogurt, skim milk or high-protein formula for a short period of time.

3. Babies with milk allergies can choose soy milk and bean milk substitute powder.

4. Do not advocate long-term exclusive breastfeeding of babies. After 6 months, it is necessary to add rice and flour products, eggs, fish, liver, lean meat, animal blood, beans and other supplementary foods to the baby in time.

5. Babies with insufficient heat can add a little vegetable oil such as olive oil and tea oil to their food. Adequate vitamin and mineral supplementation is also required.

6. When the baby is mildly malnourished, the digestive function is still relatively good, and the diet can be adjusted on the basis of the original food can be gradually increased on the basis of the calories, but the original food varieties can not be changed too quickly, and should be gradually replaced.

7. Babies with severe symptoms have digestive disorders and poor tolerance to food, so dietary adjustments should be carried out gradually. Beginning with caloric energy, protein. It is advisable to supply half of the normal demand, and after a week it will be increased to 2 or 3 times the normal demand.

If the appetite and digestive function of the severely ill baby are well recovered, it can be increased by another 1 times. After the baby's weight returns to normal, the supply of calories and protein should gradually return to normal caloric requirements, and high-calorie diets cannot be given for a long time, which will lead to obesity in children.

8. At the same time of dietary adjustment, various digestive enzymes can be taken orally to promote digestion and absorption and improve metabolic function. At the same time, vitamin A, B, C, D and zinc are supplemented to promote appetite, improve metabolism, and improve malnutrition as soon as possible.

9. Babies with very poor appetite can try insulin and glucose** under the guidance of a doctor.

Experts remind: malnourished children have poor digestive function, although they need to fully supply calories and protein, they should adjust their diet according to their condition and tolerance to food, and follow the principle of from less to more, from thin to thick, step by step, so as to avoid digestive disorders.