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How To Make Child Eat Variety Of Food?

We cannot get my grandson to eat. When he was a toddler he would eat a variety of foods, small variety, now he only eats cereal, waffles, bananas, pbj, grapes, crackers and friut juices and strawberry or chocolate milk. The only meat is chicken nuggets from McDonalds. If we try to get him to eat real food, or eat food near him he covers his mouth and moves across the room . He is tall but thin, his doctor has been no help.
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Hi...these are called food fads. Some kids develop undue attraction to junk food than regular diet and I agree it is a difficult situation. But with regular habit changing attitude towards the kid we can change it.

There is another viewpoint too - At his age interest in play increases and interest in food decreases. This is quite natural. If he is active and playing around you need not worry. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed his and also make whatever you feed him calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ANY SO CALLED APPETITE STIMULANTS AS THEY ARE NOT VERY SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN AND THEY HAVE THE SIDE EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE DROWSINESS.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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How To Make Child Eat Variety Of Food?

Hi...these are called food fads. Some kids develop undue attraction to junk food than regular diet and I agree it is a difficult situation. But with regular habit changing attitude towards the kid we can change it. There is another viewpoint too - At his age interest in play increases and interest in food decreases. This is quite natural. If he is active and playing around you need not worry. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed his and also make whatever you feed him calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ANY SO CALLED APPETITE STIMULANTS AS THEY ARE NOT VERY SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN AND THEY HAVE THE SIDE EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE DROWSINESS. Regards - Dr. Sumanth