One of the biggest challenges of parenting is feeding the children. While some children readily take to a balanced diet like duck to water, others may need coercing, persuasion or sheer force. Any parent with a picky eater will tell you how frustrating it can be to be perpetually having meal-time battles with your child.
Despite that, most children do get past their childhood relatively well-nourished, indicating that the parents have been over-anxious. However, when the child starts showing a lack of nutrition, it is a cause for real concern.
The first sign is usually the absence of weight gain in spite of age. This is known to dieticians as