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Suggest Healthy Diet Chart For Weakness And Low Body Weight In Children
Question: Hi Doctor, My son is 3 years old. His weight is 13.5. He is very lean and week. can you please suggest diet chart for him which we can follow religiously to get the required nutritions.
Brief Answer:
Your son's weight is perfect for his age - please answer my questions
Detailed Answer:
Hi... Your son's weight is perfect for his age.
But I need more information before suggesting you what can be done.
Please answer my questions -
Questions -
1. What was the birth weight and what is the current height (You have already mentioned weight - please mention the height in centimeters) ?
2. How is the attaining of developmental milestones?
3. Is the stool oily and floats in the pan?
4. Is there any colour change in the hair or skin?
5. Is there any history of recurrent serious infections?
Please get back to me with answers so that I can guide you better.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Your son's weight is perfect for his age - please answer my questions
Detailed Answer:
Hi... Your son's weight is perfect for his age.
But I need more information before suggesting you what can be done.
Please answer my questions -
Questions -
1. What was the birth weight and what is the current height (You have already mentioned weight - please mention the height in centimeters) ?
2. How is the attaining of developmental milestones?
3. Is the stool oily and floats in the pan?
4. Is there any colour change in the hair or skin?
5. Is there any history of recurrent serious infections?
Please get back to me with answers so that I can guide you better.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Dr. Prasad
1. What was the birth weight and what is the current height (You have already mentioned weight - please mention the height in centimeters) ?
Ans - Birth Weight 2.37 Kg
Height 99 cm
2. How is the attaining of developmental milestones?
Ans - On or before the milestones were due
3. Is the stool oily and floats in the pan?
Ans - no
4. Is there any colour change in the hair or skin?
Ans - No but the colour of his skin is pale white
5. Is there any history of recurrent serious infections?
Ans No
Ans - Birth Weight 2.37 Kg
Height 99 cm
2. How is the attaining of developmental milestones?
Ans - On or before the milestones were due
3. Is the stool oily and floats in the pan?
Ans - no
4. Is there any colour change in the hair or skin?
Ans - No but the colour of his skin is pale white
5. Is there any history of recurrent serious infections?
Ans No
Brief Answer:
Suggestions on growth - your child is doing very well
Detailed Answer:
Hi.., your son's height and weight are excellent. The weight is between 25th to 50th centiles and the height is between 75th to 90th centile. So you need not worry about this. This is in accordance with the CDC growth charts which are of XXXXXXX standard. Any child less than 50 percentile or above 95th percentile only need to be worried about....but your child is falling in between these two centiles so he is growing excellently well.
I take this opportunity to tell you certain scientific facts and relieve your distress -
1. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
2. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
3. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
4. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed her and also make whatever you feed her calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
5. I suggest you not to use appetite stimulants on long run as they may cause drowsiness.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Suggestions on growth - your child is doing very well
Detailed Answer:
Hi.., your son's height and weight are excellent. The weight is between 25th to 50th centiles and the height is between 75th to 90th centile. So you need not worry about this. This is in accordance with the CDC growth charts which are of XXXXXXX standard. Any child less than 50 percentile or above 95th percentile only need to be worried about....but your child is falling in between these two centiles so he is growing excellently well.
I take this opportunity to tell you certain scientific facts and relieve your distress -
1. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
2. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
3. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
4. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed her and also make whatever you feed her calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
5. I suggest you not to use appetite stimulants on long run as they may cause drowsiness.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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