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Statement of The Problem.Only 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Anorexia is a symptom seen commonly in pediatric
practice. This problem is largely a product of our
times and our way of rearing children. Hany children
who are brought to clinic for evaluation of anorexia,
or poor oppetite, are actually have normal qppetites.
Parents use wrong criteria to judge the adequacy
of the childs diet. The child may be consuming quantities
of foods that are quite adequate for him, but
parents expect him to eat much more (Shirkey, 1982!.
The childs’ rate of gain cannot be influenced,
except in an adverse way, by his mother’s nagging
efforts to feed him. There are little eaters and
big eaters. Efforts to make little eaters eat more
i.e. food forcing, always lead to the opposite of
desired effect and to food refusal.
In fact, most allegedly thin children are
extremely healthy and have weights which be within
the !normal for their age
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(Brimblecombe and Barltrof,
1918?-