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Home > About childhood cancer > For parents > Food >Unfortunately, it is quite common for children on treatment to experience side effects which make eating difficult. These may be down to their cancer, the treatment or the medication they're on.
How severely these will affect a child's ability to eat will vary from child to child. If your child experiences any side effects, make sure you tell their doctor or nurse as some can be treated. Most problems are temporary and reversible.
Certain foods can help to reduce or even prevent some of these problems. In this section, we outline some of the foods that can help combat particular problems, including nausea, sore mouth and constipation.
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