What should I pay attention to when my child takes hormones? To reduce the side effects, how can I eat well without gaining weight?

How to achieve a reasonable nutritional balance

Although children with rheumatism and immunology need to control their weight after taking hormones, we also need to ensure that they have a normal intake of nutrition. This requires you to make a diet plan based on your child's own situation and refer to the food pyramid .

Now that you know how to eat, how much should you eat?

You can determine your child's activity level based on the Human Activity Level Classification Table, and then arrange your child's diet based on the calories corresponding to the level, age, and gender in the Daily Dietary Energy Requirements Table.

Human activity level classification table

Daily dietary energy requirement table

In addition, during the treatment process, we also need to pay attention to the child's thoughts at all times. Adolescent girls love beauty and are prone to resistance to hormones. In fact, there is no need to worry. As the disease is controlled and the dosage of drugs is reduced or even stopped, this side effect of hormones will be partially improved, and we can still be as beautiful as flowers.

Illustration: Zhang Cong, Beijing Children's Hospital

I hope everyone can have a positive and optimistic attitude. In the fight against the disease, it requires the joint efforts of doctors and patients. Let us work together to fight the disease. Ole Gee!

▌The popular science theme comes from the theme of the 2023 issue 2 of the Peking Union Medical College Journal: Pediatric Rheumatic and Immune Diseases

Editor: Liu Yang and Zhao Na

Proofreading: Li Na, Li Yule, Dong Zhe, Li Huiwen

Producer: Wu Wenming

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