Show Da Daily ly Health Service ce By DR DE MORRIS F FISHBEIN If It you OU have havo to coax or force lorce your child to cat you'd better find out first frs what causes the youngsters youngster listlessness at the dinner table You may rest assured that tha a achild's achild's childs child's nat natural ral tendency is to eat t for r 1 it gets get hungry quite frequently and wants to satisfy that hunger But put some some- obstacle in Its way like liko some some- emotional activity and the childs child's stomach will wil revolt If the child gets extremely angry or too excited or laughs too much it t will no not come to the tats tala with the he appetite that it would have havo 1 if these emotions were nt An Any excitement at tho the table such as loud talking playing of a radio program in which the youngster is interested or or severe fatigue will inhibit the appetite Often otten a child is called In from active play and made to sit down I Immediately at the table You shouldn't be surprised if U under such circumstances tho the child chUd fails falLs to cat In one family a a. child seemed to have lave no appetite and vomited Immediately Immediately Immediately Im Im- Im- Im mediately after eating the little food it t did ta Investigation revealed that hat its nurse was intimidating and threatening the child chUd before it got gotto gotto gotto to the table so that tha it would get the food down but as a result of at emotional emotional emotional emo emo- stress would vomit it Immediately Immediately Im Im- Im m mediately after The very nature of ot some children makes it difficult for th them m to eat much food tood The lean Jean and lanky type with the delicate bony framework framework frame frame- work and general thin appearance ought to cat vast amounts of food Yet this type of ot child chUd is usually over active and extremely sensitive Driving a child like lIko that to cat aim sim- Imply ply ly causes it to lose all interest in food tood under any circumstances Every mother knows know that there are children who will eat for the cook but not for the mother and others who will vilI eat when the mother mothers is s present but not the nurse Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times you will find children who will vill not cat eat at home but who de develop develop develop de- de a a. tremendous appetite else else- where That just shows that the lack ack of appetite is due to inhibitions associated with home conditions Sometimes children will vilI not eat cat because they have been so pampered pampered pampered pam pam- from Crom babyhood on that they simply will vilI not do anything for themselves Specialists in diseases dIsease of children feel eel that most children will not eat cat because they are too tired If It a achild achild achild child is permitted to come to the table able fatigued from overwork at school or too much play it has no appetite A good way to get children to eat eats is s to provide them with good exam ex ex- am amples pIes If It a child sits at a n table where the father tather will not eat one food and the mother moth r will not eat another you cant can't blame it for lor re refusing reusing re- re using fusing any food tood that does no not appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal to It it |