Is your child underweight? Understand the reasons for not gaining weight.

Childhood Obesity

October 19, 2019

The commonly overlooked weight problem is poor weight gain in children. Read on to understand the reasons for not gaining weight, how parents can help a child to gain weight with lifestyle and diet changes, and how homeopathy treatment corrects the underlying issue.

Reasons for not gaining weight

The main reasons for not gaining weight in children are as follows.

Inadequate food intake
Failure to assimilate or inability to absorb and retain nutrients
Psychological and behavioral problems
Chronic or recurring infections
Underlying disease or condition

How parents can help to gain weight?

By making small changes to your child’s meals and snacks throughout the day, you can increase the calories they get. The following tips can help parents to guide their children to gain weight and promote growth.

Choose nutritious, high energy foods and beverages

Choose high-calorie drinks such as milkshakes and fruit smoothies made with whole milk, yogurt or cream for more calories. Wait until the end of your child’s meal or snack before offering fluids. Fluids can fill up small stomachs. Prepare higher calorie foods like grilled cheese, mac and cheese, cream soups, casseroles, scalloped potatoes, custards and puddings.

Create relaxed and regular mealtimes

Do not pressure your child to eat. Children will eat when they are hungry. You decide what and where your child eats. Your child decides if they eat and how much. Allow children to feed themselves and ‘be messy’ while still setting boundaries for mealtime behavior. Eat as a family. Have regular meal times that are neither too short nor too lengthy. Eat meals free from distractions.

Encourage regular healthy snacks

Some ideas for fat and protein-rich snacks are a nut and seed butter spread on apples, bananas and celery sticks, sliced apples served with full-fat yogurt or cheese slices, and nuts and seeds with dried fruit.

Help stay active

You should help your child to partake in at least 60 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity, if possibleevery day. What you can do as a parent is to start adding physical activity to your own daily routine and encourage your child to join you. Some instances of moderate-intensity physical activity include brisk walking, jumping rope, playing soccer, swimming, and dancing.

How can you treat poor weight gain?

The conventional treatments for poor weight gain include supplements, medicines for helminthic infections, antibiotics for repeated infections, and counseling for behavioral problems. But there are possible side effects with conventional treatments including overdose interfering with food absorption, recurrence of worm infestations, diarrhea and loss of appetite interfering with food absorption, and slow and tedious process.

If needed, take homeopathy treatment which corrects any underlying issue or boosts a child's metabolism from within. According to a study conducted in Cuba, 84% of children treated with homeopathy attained normal weight, whereas only 30% attained normal weight with placebo. Studies and clinical trials have shown effective outcomes of homeopathy treating children having food sensitivity and intolerance. Various case studies estimated the benefits of homeopathy in correcting absorption disorders, thereby treating poor weight gain in children.

The advantages of taking homeopathy treatment are enhanced food absorption, eliminate the tendency of having worms, no side effects, improved immunity, decreased tendency of infections, and calming medicines.

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Conclusion

So, what are you waiting for? Book an appointment with your homeopath and visit your nearest homeopathy clinic as soon as you notice the symptoms of poor weight gain. The expert homeopaths at Dr Batra’s™ can develop a custom-made treatment plan.

For any queries related to poor weight gain in children and other health issues, consult the expert homeopaths at Dr Batra’s™ on 9033001642.