Do you allow unlimited fruit?

[Anonymous]

I would not worry about this. I mean your teen could be drinking 16 beers or doing fentanyl. eating oranges? who cares

[Anonymous]

One of my kids will eat 5 Asian pairs in a day, or an entire bag of grapes, or 5 big navel oranges if you let him. He’s 12. We do limit him. Not because I’m worried about his health but I’m not paying for a $100/wk grape habit and sometimes the rest of the family wants some too. Limits vary, but two oranges a day, plus other fruit, is plenty in my book.

[Anonymous]

No limit on fruits or veggies. We are a family of 5. We typically consume between Monday and Friday, a 3 pound bag of clementines, 15 apples, 3 very large clam shells of berries. The large clamshell of kiwis and 15 bananas. In the summer add a watermelon and either a pineapple or second watermelon. I’d buy more if they ate more.

[Anonymous]

Yes
But if I had a kid who was obsessed with clementines for instance I would buy them their own bag and then when it is gone for the week then there they go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No limit on fruits or veggies. We are a family of 5. We typically consume between Monday and Friday, a 3 pound bag of clementines, 15 apples, 3 very large clam shells of berries. The large clamshell of kiwis and 15 bananas. In the summer add a watermelon and either a pineapple or second watermelon. I’d buy more if they ate more.

this and buy the kid who eats the most their own stash too so that others can have some as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my kids will eat 5 Asian pairs in a day, or an entire bag of grapes, or 5 big navel oranges if you let him. He’s 12. We do limit him. Not because I’m worried about his health but I’m not paying for a $100/wk grape habit and sometimes the rest of the family wants some too. Limits vary, but two oranges a day, plus other fruit, is plenty in my book.

100% this. It's not about the fruit. It's about learning to share/thinking of other people.

A week worth of fruit should last more than a day. And your children should learn to stop themselves if they have the thought "other people might want some, and they haven't had any yet"

Don't allow selfish behavior under the guise of "healthy eating"

[Anonymous]

No. And never had any concern about her not sharing. If we run out we just buy more fruit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not worry about this. I mean your teen could be drinking 16 beers or doing fentanyl. eating oranges? who cares

Eating an entire bag of clementines or drinking 16 beers are not the only options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No limit on fruits or veggies. We are a family of 5. We typically consume between Monday and Friday, a 3 pound bag of clementines, 15 apples, 3 very large clam shells of berries. The large clamshell of kiwis and 15 bananas. In the summer add a watermelon and either a pineapple or second watermelon. I’d buy more if they ate more.

Wow. That is a lot of fruit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No limit on fruits or veggies. We are a family of 5. We typically consume between Monday and Friday, a 3 pound bag of clementines, 15 apples, 3 very large clam shells of berries. The large clamshell of kiwis and 15 bananas. In the summer add a watermelon and either a pineapple or second watermelon. I’d buy more if they ate more.

Wow. That is a lot of fruit.

As someone with teenage boys, it doesn't seem like it to me.

That's a banana, an apple, a clementine, a kiwi, and some berries per day per person. My kids eat that much easily. Plus forty bajillion other things.

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Growing kids need protein and vegetables, not just fruit. Are they very active? Is the diet otherwise balanced? Are they a de facto fruitarian? If the later, likely not optimal for health.

Are they overweight or obese? Do they have NAFLD or prediabetes? If any of the following, likely not optimal for health.

Are they getting plenty of water? Or are they using fruit partially for hydration? If the later, not optimal for health.

Is the volume of fruit eaten a financial or logistical burden? Not optimal, diversify.

My kids are encouraged to eat full meals, which may include fruit but that also include protein and other elements. We don't do a huge amount of snacking between meals, so this whole scenario is a bit foreign to me. We don't restrict protein or green veg so it's hard to imagine that a child could eat that in combination with an entire bag of fruit? My ped recommends chewing food, not reliance on drinking calories so we don't use bags of fruit per person in smoothies either.

Do what works for your family and in doubt, rely on common sense and your pediatrician.

You can’t picture a teenager eating three meals plus 8 small oranges in a 24 hour period? Do you actually have teens?

DP here. I do. Two of them. They don't eat like this at all. But we aren't large people.

You think people get large from eating fruit? Hmkay.

Fruit is one of the best sources of antioxidants. I hope you are feeding your kids enough of it.

I think people who lack any self control on fruit don't magically develop self control on other things. These are not thin people.