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Weight issue
I have a girl child of age 2.8 years. From past 1 year her weight is almost 10 kg. I am worried about her weight brcause at her age kid are almost 12 plus kg. Apart from that,she is so active . She goes to school and speak complete sentence as well. I consult multiple doctors and they said that she is so active so don't think about her weigjt,some kids having under weight,so its feel so comfortable to me that she is enough active and do her work isolately..but her weight issue demotivate me. Please help me for the same. Thanks.
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Dr. Muralidhar Neelati
Pediatrician
20 yrs exp
Bangalore
I have seen many cases like this where the children are healthy but there will not be any much improvement .Weight of the child depend on amount of food , frequency of eating ,caloric value of diet, energy expenditure and last but not least is it depends on family structural organisation
I suggest u do deworming every 6 months
Can give multi vitamins syrup to increase metabolism and give healthy balanced diet and to maintain 2hr empty stomach before food
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