By AI Cahyati

Decreased appetite in the baby’s loved ones are often the common problems that occur around the family. Loss of appetite is not only the monopoly of children only, but we as adults must have been there too. However, please be aware if the symptoms decrease appetite eating in children lasted more than a week. The reason could be caused by two factors of disease factors and non-disease factors.

Some diseases that can cause the baby we lost my appetite is like gastritis, ulcers, anemia, infection, fever, tuberculosis / mole lung, tenggoran pain, teeth, worms, new teeth grow or dates, and other diseases.

While non-disease factors usually a trauma to the foods, such as feeling bad food, food form unattractive, unpleasant smell in the food, the psychological stress such as pressure from parents to spend for food, begging for attention, or jealous of their brother/sister. And can also be due to psychological problems, usually called anorexia nervosa. These symptoms result from psychological conditions of children, such as leaving a state that adolescents and children afraid of getting fat in the middle of their friends average skinny, or the existence of certain emotional disorders, and children have moved away from the food. Loss of appetite and desire to eat of This is often accompanied by weight loss.

In addition to the above factors, which we find very often is the habit of children who love to eat snacks. While snacking is a good habit, most of the snacks consumed by our children was not a good snack for them. When allowed to choose their own, so the children tend to make bad choices, they will prefer foods with a sweet tooth substance artificial sweeteners and fat levels tingga, or fries and other tasty foods that contain high fat and salt. Therefore, parents play an important role to provide snack options a delicious but healthy, like fresh fruits and vegetables, or even handfuls of bread. This snacking habits can affect a child’s appetite.

Now, the question is: How do I overcome the above? Actually that is easy to find out what caused the child’s difficult to eat. If for disease factors refer your child to the check by the doctor.

However, if due to factors beyond the disease then you must make the changes that could stimulate the emergence of the child’s appetite.

Please note that the appetite in children who were in the age of growth is sometimes fluctuate sharply up and down. If not accompanied by clinical symptoms then this is still considered normal. Carefulness needed for parents to deal with this since the age of golden age (the age of growing up), kids just need proper nutrition in order and sufficient. Do not get disturbed because of his nutritional intake appetite changes up and down.

It’s good to know in advance good nutrition for children. Every day, children need at least 100 calories / kg body weight. However, for baby is different.

• Infants 0-4 months of age: exclusively breast-fed.

• Babies over 4 months: teach eating solid foods such as fruit, biscuits and porridge are intended for babies.

• Ages six to one year: introduce the rice team.

• Ages 1 years and over: should children accustomed diet, solid foods three times with two snacks.

Vitamin supplementation of children to optimize your appetite can be given wisely. This multivitamin function more in the direction for completeness child nutrition which will indirectly help improve the metabolism so the body becomes much more fit and healthy.