This life, each stage has things to do and distances that can be calculated.
From "chasing to feed" to "eating by themselves", and then to "eating the right things"
Not "lacking in nutrition", but "I can't make him eat enough and the right things in limited meal times, and I don't know if he is really lacking in nutrition or not"。
Verification Signals (more than two are considered):
· BMI or height-weight curve deviates from P25–P75
· Less than 2 servings of vegetables per day (about 200g)
· More than 3 meals a week with "staple food + meat, no vegetables"
The child will be able to pick up vegetables and eat them by themselves
Breakfast can be done in 10 minutes, and the child will eat it
No need to negotiate every meal, and no need to hide vegetables
Definition
Vegetable Intake Days ÷ 7 · Daily Dietary Diversity (number of food types) · BMI Percentile
How to Measure
Record for 7 consecutive days: what he ate and how much (no intervention)
Healthy Range
Vegetables ≥ 6 days/week · Daily Food Types ≥ 12 · BMI in P25–P75
Hide vegetables in meatballs —— Effective in the short term, but the child never learns to eat vegetables themselves
Use snacks as a reward —— Reinforces the cognition that "snacks are good, meals are bad"
Chase to feed the last few bites —— Destroys the sense of hunger, and the next meal will not be eaten
Too many new varieties at one time —— The child will resist, add one at a time
Parents don't eat vegetables —— The child learns behavior, not reason
First record 7 days: what he ate and how much (no intervention)
Fixed meal times for three meals a day, only water between meals
Each plate: half vegetables and fruits, a quarter protein, a quarter staple food
Only introduce one new way of cooking vegetables per meal, appear 8–10 times in a row
Parents eat the same dishes together, do not evaluate, do not persuade