{"id":140,"date":"2019-01-01T13:38:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T08:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canvasinternationalschool.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2019-01-12T13:39:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T08:09:29","slug":"how-to-handle-eating-problems-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canvasinternationalschool.com\/blog\/how-to-handle-eating-problems-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"How to handle eating problems of children"},"content":{"rendered":"

One often comes across a mother complaining that her child refuses to eat and meal times have become battle times. An examination reveals that the child is healthy and well-nourished with height and weight securely within normal limits. Toddlers generally have small appetites and very firm likes and dislikes.<\/p>\n

Feeding and eating difficulties frequently result from excessive parental insistence on eating and the subsequent anxiety of the parents. The child\u2019s negative reaction often results from undue mealtime stress. This calls for an improvement in parent-child relationship.<\/p>\n

Eating habits during the first and second year of life distinctly affect the subsequent years.<\/p>\n

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How eating problems begin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A toddler\u2019s eating problems may start because the parents can have unrealistic ideas about how much and what sort of food the child needs. The following can be the reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. Too much confusion at mealtime.<\/li>\n
  2. Insufficient time for eating.<\/li>\n
  3. Food dislikes of other members of the family.<\/li>\n
  4. Poorly prepared or food served unattractively.<\/li>\n
  5. Past history of force-feeding.<\/li>\n
  6. Irregular meals \u2014 Asking the child to eat when he or she is not hungry.<\/li>\n
  7. Unsuitable meals.<\/li>\n
  8. Unreasonable large portions of food.<\/li>\n
  9. Multiple opportunities for distraction.<\/li>\n
  10. Most importantly, how much does the child eat between meals? A well-nourished child is getting food from somewhere. Not all parents regard sweets and other such things as being food. Some mothers, while concerned about their child\u2019s poor food intake, apparently provides very little variety in a child\u2019s diet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Food fads<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Some children eat food prepared and presented in a certain way only and develop strong likes and dislikes, which changes frequently. These food fads are one of the ways children try to assert themselves as individuals. Fads are rarely a danger to health.<\/p>\n

    Tips to help the child<\/strong><\/p>\n

    As long as they are offered wholesome food, children are remarkably good at eating. They eat an appropriate quantity of food when allowed a free chance.<\/p>\n