Signs of malnutrition in young children

Other common signs in child malnutrition is upset or crying, sexual harassment, at least have fun, less flexible. The muscles of limbs, soft paste, belly fade. Slow motor development young: slow to know, sitting, crawling, walking.

To determine which children have malnutrition or not, in addition to observing the signs on, parents can rely on standard indicators to compare with your child. The first way is based on the weighed according to age. When the newborns weighed 3 kg size, after 5 months of double, triple 12 months; then each year increased by 2 kg. When the boy was 6 years old, then the weight is 20 kg. If in remote areas do not have weight, can measure the young arms round 1-5 years. Normal kids 14-15 cm; If under 13 cm is malnutrition.

The second way is based on the height according to the age. When the new born babies 50 cm length 65 cm long, 6 months, 12 months: 75 cm, 2 years: 85 cm, 3 years: 95 cm, 4 years: 100 cm. Then, each year the increased height 5 cm, when baby 8 years is 120 cm high.

Stages susceptible to malnutrition

The research in the world indicated that "the low whistle" is the only objective reviews of poor nutrition in the fetal stage and stage 2-the first five years of his life.

The length of the fetus reaches highest in the period before the 15th week, meanwhile weighed the highest gain on week 32 to 34. This means that any interference to improve the "length" of the fetus must be done as soon as possible.

Thus, according to the experts, during pregnancy, right from the first week, the mother should eat enough protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, the other essential micronutrients and especially iodine for thai growth and reserve help little developed the first months after birth.

Malnourished children in the period from 6 to 24 months old. This is the time of the baby have high nutritional needs, are adapting to the environment and very sensitive to disease; the young are not feeding breast milk, light weight multi births the pregnancy or birth. The grandchildren in the family children, unsanitary conditions or are infected with bacterial diseases (such as measles, diarrhoea or respiratory inflammatory) are also vulnerable to malnutrition.

Usually the mothers who said that young children need to eat less. They don't know how much food needs during the day rather than not having the ability to offer full. On average children need to eat 4-5 congee rice or beans crushed each day. Many families said that the child was growing, fed by adults 2-3 meals is enough. In fact, the child's stomach capacity are limited, in addition to three meals with the family, babies should be eating more 2-3 extra breakfast porridge, tea, milk, bananas ... The mothers also don't think babies should eat early so hard, because after two years new young have enough milk teeth to chew well.

Children anorexia often stop for milk to eat better. This is a mistake because this young after the end to milk as much heavier malnourished because of loss of 300-400 ml of milk each day while still anorexic.

The implications of this low whistle status lasts for generations, little mother, light weight easy to lay out child malnutrition low whistle. The older low whistle later develops hard chasing up the normally the same age.=