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Home > About childhood cancer > For parents >During your child’s cancer treatment they may eat less than normal. This could be due to the side effects of their treatment, to the illness itself or because of anxiety about their treatment or hospital stay.
The side effects of treatment, such as sickness, sore mouth, diarrhoea, constipation and taste changes can all have a big effect on how much a child feels like eating, or is able to eat.
Some children experience poor appetite and weight loss before they are diagnosed. If this is the case for your child, it is important to try and prevent further weight loss and help them to re-gain some of the weight they may have lost.
Your child’s weight and height will also be regularly measured and recorded, which allows the team looking after them to check if they are eating enough or need extra help with what they are eating.
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