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Suggest Diet Plan For A Child To Gain Weight
Hi, My son is 8 months old & he is weighing 7.2 Kg, he is very active & happy. when I refered some charts of age & wieght he seems to be underwieght , is it so?. What diet to be given? he is not in mothers feed for the past 4 months is that the problem?
Mon, 26 Sep 2016
yes , he is below the 5tg centile for age , but what about the hight and head circumference? is he developmentally up to his age ? these are needed to role out and exclude medical disorders .
caloric intake must be increased to reach the desired weight , which is about 8-9 kg for his age .
you can do it by either increase the amount of milk to 225 ml every 3 hours which is difficult to be taken by him , or either concentrate the milk more by preparing 8 grams of powder milk to each 50 ml instead of 60 ml and give him 180 ml every 3 hours . and assessment of weight must be every 2 days .
I hope this is helpful
caloric intake must be increased to reach the desired weight , which is about 8-9 kg for his age .
you can do it by either increase the amount of milk to 225 ml every 3 hours which is difficult to be taken by him , or either concentrate the milk more by preparing 8 grams of powder milk to each 50 ml instead of 60 ml and give him 180 ml every 3 hours . and assessment of weight must be every 2 days .
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