why do children seem to be able to eat almost anything and stay relatively healthy compared to adults?

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Obviously children suffer from poor nutrition too, they become obese, they can be malnourished and what not.

And yet to be it looks like often they are more “resistant” to bed food. They eat too much in one sitting? No stomach ache. They eat horribly for months? Blood test would still give decent results. They don’t eat vegetables and fruits? Still no problems pooing.

What makes them so flexible and robust in their diet?

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1. They’re growing and need a lot of energy.
2. They absolutely get an upset stomach from eating too much/the wrong things. Vomiting, diarrhea, “tummy ache”…these things all happen frequently
3. Childhood obesity rates and Type 2 diabetes rates are at an all time high

So, by and large, they can get away with it because they are growing and active. But only to a limit.

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