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Underweight

2025-07-04 18:45:06
My child is 16.5 kg at age 5.5 years with same appetite from last 1 year. He is active child, but height and weight growth is very slow. Kindly suggest.
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Give more fruits and vegetables and milk .

Answered2025-07-06 01:11:03

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