Generally speaking, the child, after the age of one year old, will be picky. When the child does not like some food, this shows that he or she is picky. In order to avoid malnutrition, you need to change his or her diet habit. The picky child usually suffers from malnutrition, so it is important to get your picky child to eat.

First of all, you need try to let your child to enjoy the food that he or she likes, but you need to add some addictives into it, which may contain more nutrition. This way, it will not effect the development of your child greatly. If you child like fast food only, you need to try to make some by yourself, and add some other vitamins in it.

Second, you need to try to make the other food, which your child dislikes usually, giving attraction to his or her appetite. If the child likes fish only, you can try to boil some fish soup with other ingredients in. It will not affect the flavor of the soup as fish. So, your child will enjoy it. You need to know what should do to change their habit of diet gradually. It cannot be an easy job.

Next, try to bring your child to see a doctor, who may give you good advice on how to get your picky child to eat, if it is serious. You need to follow the doctor's advice and help your child to have a normal diet.

Also, you need to change food processing methods, cooking style, color, and taste. Try to make them eat slowly to adapt to some food that they dislike, too, to avoid psychological repercussions, but don't force them to do so. Also, you need to change your bad eating habits, if you are picky. This is also very important. In changing your diet habit, you can help your child to change the habit as a picky eater.

There are many more things to do, but I think that it is beyond my knowledge scope. I suggest that you should consult some experts for suggestion. They may offer more valuable suggestions. In order to avoid malnutrition, you need to change their diet habit. The picky children usually suffer from malnutrition. Therefore, it is important to get your picky children to eat.

Take good care of your child.

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