Nutritional problems of young children were the focus of the workshop, which was held in the Chandka Medical Collage Larkana, SIndh, Pakistan.
25 - 29 % of children at least once in a lifetime experience problems with nutrition.
Often feeding infants and young children for parents turns into a battlefield. They complain that children eat very little, refuse solid food, have a weird or bad eating habits or eating too peremptorily. Sometimes they eat followed by vomiting. All this can slow down weight gain and overall development of the child.
This problem may be related to other problems: neurological, behavioral, metabolic, problems of the cardiovascular system and respiratory tract. For example, behavioral nutrition problem - it is the difficulty in following regular eating patterns - kids eat at home, but refuse to eat elsewhere.
Dr. Siafullah Jamro says the existence of infant anorexia, when a child younger than 3 years old refuses to eat enough food for a month. It usually starts in 6 months and can last up to 3 years. Child shows no interest in food, which can cause significant delays in development.
Dr. Siafullah Jamro insists that in any case cannot force-feed the baby.
The media constantly advertise junk food.
Many people admire chubby children and mistakenly believe that the apex of good health. Some parents claim that their children “do not eat anything," although they normally look. Many parents of the healthy children who "shine” rib, refuse to admit that this is quite normal. If a child is fat, then it's not normal.
From 10 to 20 % of the total babies become full of children, 40% of teenagers will become thick; 75 - 89% of adults will be thick. All this extra weight can lead to diabetes, depression, learning difficulties; increased pressure, cardiac, orthopedic and respiratory diseases; liver problems and even cancer in adulthood.
