Severe food restriction in childhood: how to act in the face of a more common situation than it seems

These behaviors often result in unhealthy strategies being used during meals

In Argentina, 12.6% of children under five years of age are overweight and 16.9% of children and adolescents between five and nineteen years of age are obese.These figures place our country among the countries with the highest rate of food disorders in the region.The data collected in the Second National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENnyS 2) carried out in 2019 are worrying. 41.1% of children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years of age are ove…

The quality of a child's diet affects their physical growth and mental development, and plays an important role in building immunity against disease. However, children may suffer from malnutrition without it being obvious.