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04/04/2023

Diet for stunted children by stage
For stunted children, mothers should apply the following principles when feeding children:

● Give your child several meals a day.

● For children to eat thin and then solid, gradually increase the amount of food in stages.
● Energy: Children need to eat 3 meals/day. During this period, the nutritional needs of men are 2,100-2,800Kcal/day and women's is 1,900-2,300Kcal/day.

Protein: The daily protein requirement for men is 50-70g and women is 50-60g. Protein sources include meat, fish, eggs, milk, shrimp, beans, sesame, peanuts, ...

In addition, other nutrients also need to be fully supplemented such as:
● Fat: a source of energy for the body. The need for lipids of men from 60-78g and women from 55-66g, mothers should also balance the amount of animal and vegetable lipids in the ratio 70/30.

● Iron: The iron requirement in adolescent boys is 11-17mg/day and in women is 11-29mg/day. Mothers can add to their meals such as beef, chicken eggs, pig hearts, etc.

● Calcium: Calcium and phosphorus are two components that maintain and form strong bones and teeth. Calcium requirement is 1000mg/day.

● Zinc: Zinc-rich foods such as shrimp, eel, oysters, oysters, pig liver, milk, beef, fish, cashews, almonds, peanuts, etc. Zinc requirement in men is 9-10mg/ day, and in women it is 7-8mg/day.

● Vitamin A: is essential for children to develop normally, strengthen the immune system, reduce infections and reduce mortality. The daily requirement of vitamin A in adolescent boys is 800mg/day and female is 650mg/day. Foods rich in vitamin A such as liver, eggs, milk, tomatoes, carrots, red bell peppers, green leafy vegetables, ...
● Vitamin D: necessary for calcium absorption and bone development, controlling cell growth, enhancing nervous system function, immune system and reducing inflammation. The vitamin D requirement of adolescents is 15mg/day. Foods that provide vitamin D such as milk, fish, eggs, soy products, cod liver oil, mushrooms, ...

● Vitamin C: helps increase immunity, stimulates bile production and protects blood vessels, helps absorb and use calcium, iron and folic acid. The need for vitamin C in adolescents is 95 mg/day. Foods rich in vitamin C such as chili, green bell pepper, papaya, strawberry, cauliflower, pineapple, mango, kiwi fruit, ...

The journey of motherhood has never been easy and is always mixed with hardships and difficulties but equally happy and proud. Always be a wise mother and help your children develop comprehensively!

● Apply a menu with more calories than normal children, until reaching the threshold of 120 kcal/kg body weight/day.

Regarding nutrition, mothers apply to their children in each stage as follows:
Children under 2 years old
From the 7th month, the mother combined to feed the baby complementary foods in parallel with breastfeeding. The number of meals per day is as follows:

● Children 6 months old: 1 meal of diluted powder.

● Children 7-9 months: 2-3 meals of solid powder.

● Children 10-12 months: 3-4 meals of solid powder.

● Children 1-2 years old: in addition to breast-feeding, they need to eat 4 more meals/day (if breast milk is cut, children should drink 400-500ml of milk/day).

Mothers should note that weaning should only be given to babies after 6 months of age, starting with thin powder and eggs, then gradually increasing the amount of nutrients. In addition to cereals to cook porridge and flour, mothers also need to add other foods such as meat, eggs, fish and oils or animal fats.

Pre-puberty and puberty
This is the period when children develop very well in height, mothers need to provide enough nutrients and essential substances to help children grow to their maximum height.

02/04/2023

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31/03/2023

WHAT IS G6PD?
G6PD deficiency is identified as a recessive genetic disease on the X chromosome, children have this disease because they receive an abnormal recessive gene on the s*x chromosome from their parents. These structural changes disrupt the normal structure of enzymes, reduce the amount of these enzymes in the cells and cause metabolic disorders in the body.
G6PD enzyme is produced by erythrocytes to help protect red blood cells from attack by oxidants. Deficiency of G6PD enzyme will destroy red blood cells by oxidants and cause hemolytic anemia. Newborn babies with severe jaundice due to G6PD deficiency will cause many serious injuries such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation and motor retardation.
Children with G6PD deficiency when eating lentils or using drugs and foods with high antioxidants will suddenly have an allergic reaction with manifestations such as high fever, headache, abdominal pain, low back pain, heart palpitations. , shortness of breath, jaundice...

29/03/2023

Consequences when children are anorexic, underweight, stunted
Anorexia, malnutrition, low birth weight and stunting in children can cause many unpredictable consequences:

● Increases infant mortality if not cared for and treated promptly.

● Health, weakened immune system.

● Affect brain development, learning process as well as labor productivity later.

As adults, children are at risk of many non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, osteoarthritis, cancer, etc.

● Influence on psychological factors due to loss with peers.

28/03/2023

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28/03/2023

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27/03/2023

Why are children anorexic?
1.3. Parents' feeding habits
Anorexia in children can come from the fact that the food is not prepared attractively or repeats certain dishes or ingredients with too much frequency.
Parents let children eat without a fixed time or eat a lot of snacks and sweets before meals. This makes the baby never feel hungry, so he will eat less or not at the main meal.
Letting children watch TV, play video games, ... while eating makes them not focus when eating, eat for a long time, causing stomach-level phenomenon, children don't want to eat even though they haven't eaten much.
The quantity of food or meals is not reasonable, too little or too much.
1.4. Psychological factors
Parents force children to eat by hitting, yelling, forcing children to eat up to the limit. Sometimes the amount of food the parents request is too much for the child to eat and as a result, the child will hold the food, vomit or resist. In the long run, children will be afraid to eat and lead to anorexia.
Children may suddenly become anorexic if there is a change in the environment, meal times, places to eat, and who feeds them. Especially children who have to be away from their parents, grandparents, ... will have mood swings, sulking and not wanting to eat.
Parents behave too coldly with children, so the child does not eat to protest.

27/03/2023

Why are children anorexic?
Anorexia has many degrees: Children eat less than usual, eat only very little of some foods or more seriously refuse to eat, fear, vomiting when seeing food. There are main causes of anorexia in children such as:
1.1. Unbalanced diet or weaning too early
Many parents give their children complementary foods too early, the diet is unbalanced such as eating only one food group or not eating enough 4 main food groups including protein, fat, starch and minerals. This causes children to be deficient in B vitamins (including B1, B2, B6 and B12), slowing down the food metabolism; lack of zinc and selenium makes children lazy to eat, limiting nutrient absorption; Lack of fiber causes children to become constipated, bloated, uncomfortable leading to anorexia, or lack of protein makes children slow to gain weight, ...
1.2. Physiological changes or disease
The physiological changes of children between the stages of turning over, sitting, crawling, walking, teething,... are all causes of anorexia.
Children with teething, mouth ulcers, tooth decay, ... will feel pain and discomfort when eating, so they often stop eating.
Children with digestive dysfunction such as intestinal disorders or lack of digestive enzymes should be full of stomach, indigestion, poor absorption of food, so they do not feel like eating, leading to anorexia and growth retardation.
Children infected with parasites (worms, flukes) or respiratory tract infections (pharyngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia), ... often eat less or stop eating because they do not feel hungry or want to eat.
Anorexia in children can be encountered when they take antibiotics for a long time, take iron tablets, take vitamin A, or vitamin D overdose.