Is My Child Short and Not Eating Because of Iron or Zinc Deficiency?

Question

My child is five years old, and he is only 1.02 meters tall. He doesn’t like to eat and is thin. Why is that?

Answer

Not eating much or having severe anorexia and picky eating could be symptoms of zinc deficiency. It’s recommended to give your child zinc supplements, such as the Xinxi Bao brand Zinc Selenium Tablets. At the same time, you can also supplement zinc through food, such as oysters, shrimp shells, seaweed, fish powder, sesame seeds, peanuts, pork liver, beans, pumpkin, eggplant, cabbage, etc. To overcome the child’s picky eating habits, the diet should be varied, with less refined food, and a balanced mix of coarse and fine grains is best.