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Child Refusing To Eat Food, Diagnosed With Adhd, Losing Weight, Dark Circles Under Eyes. Cure?

a seven year old male over the last several months has refused to eat foods but only gold fish crackers, nilla wafers, chips, and a breakfast bar, popcorn and that is all he will eat. He has been diagnosed with adhd. The child is very intelligent. Reads at fourth grade level in first grade. He is so fixed on horror movies and then role plays. Know every scene after just watching it once. He is constantly acting out scenes from these movies. I am his nanny. I am wondering what to do for this child. I see that he is loosing weight and have dark circles under his eyes. I am worried for this child.
Wed, 13 Nov 2013
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Hi, it appears that he likes to take the foods which are good to look at, as whole he is eager to take junk foods, so for that he is avoiding the regular foods.
I to my patients with such symptoms prescribe enzyme syrup, to increase the appitite, when the appitite is more, if he eats junk foods also, he will feel hungry, and eat food. Advise the parents to maintain a gap of 4 hours for food after eating any thing. Thank you.
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Child Refusing To Eat Food, Diagnosed With Adhd, Losing Weight, Dark Circles Under Eyes. Cure?

Hi, it appears that he likes to take the foods which are good to look at, as whole he is eager to take junk foods, so for that he is avoiding the regular foods. I to my patients with such symptoms prescribe enzyme syrup, to increase the appitite, when the appitite is more, if he eats junk foods also, he will feel hungry, and eat food. Advise the parents to maintain a gap of 4 hours for food after eating any thing. Thank you.