Instead of giving sweet all the time as part of lunch you could give other snacks or water. Ideal snacks for Children areBoiled eggs, well cooked liver (diced), well cooked meat or fish, bean cakes/akara, bean puddings (moi-moi), bambara groundnut puddings (okpa), banana, pawpaw, mango, orange, avocado pear (or any fruit in season), boiled plantain, boiled sweet potato, bread with groundnut paste/margarine, milk, yoghurt, soybean milk