Anonymous wrote:OP I have been there. If your child is below normal BMI I know some on here and even doctors will say add junk food, do whatever you can to get the weight up and there are risks being underweight;however, dieticians will not tell you that (at least good ones). The massive increase in digestive system cancers is due in part to processed foods (I think we are beyond correlation at this point) so avoid all the chemical stuff like Doritos for weight gain. Processed foods today are worse than they were when we were growing up, in fact, in the US we are using worse chemicals than what is allowed in Europe.
The way we got weight up is by drizzling healthy oils (Olive or avocado) on some dinner foods and vegetables. We always have guacamole in the house to put on whole grain bread or other things and we use avocadoes on their own a lot. I buy whole organic milk-the fat in it may have some benefits. Go for calorie dense and healthy. If you add desserts for weigh tgain at least use real ingredients like eggs, oats, honey and not mixes. Yes, I know with working, etc this is all hard, but you can find short cuts with decent ingredients. You don't want to trade one problem for another down the line.
Sorry-another thing that helped is smoothies with avocado or a whole fat, no sugar-greek yogurt as the base. I used fruits for sweetness and added greens for more nutrition. Chia seeds/hemp seeds/sunflower seeds etc can add some healthy fats and calories. There are some good recipes online. You can make a yummy chocolate milk-shake like smoothie with avocado, unsweetened cocoa, frozen cherries, frozen overripe banana, etc.
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