Noticing very chunky young kids

[Anonymous]

Swimming at the pool this year and have really noticed a lot of chunky kids. I know a lot of kids are overweight and obese now but it still surprises me every time I see kids who are clearly overweight at a young age.

DH and I had the opposite problem growing up and our kids are sharing our genetics. No matter how much they eat they can’t really gain weight. Our 9.5 year old only weighs 66 pounds and eats like a horse!

A friend of mine said her 8 year old weighed 100 pounds!

My kids don’t eat perfectly healthy all the time and do eat junk food so it’s not like they aren’t also consuming the highly processed food. I just feel bad for kids having to go through this at such a young age.

[Anonymous]

It’s the non-stop snacking, sugar, and processed foods.

[Anonymous]

But feeling bad about it doesn’t stop you from blabbing about it on this board!

[Anonymous]

My 9 year old boy weighs 60 lbs and his best friend weighs 120. They were wrestling in the backyard and I was tempted to intervene!!
I think the worst thing for kids is the nonstop sweet drinks I see some families hand out. I'm not perfect and my kids eat plenty of crappy granola bars and goldfish but we drink water almost exclusively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swimming at the pool this year and have really noticed a lot of chunky kids. I know a lot of kids are overweight and obese now but it still surprises me every time I see kids who are clearly overweight at a young age.

DH and I had the opposite problem growing up and our kids are sharing our genetics. No matter how much they eat they can’t really gain weight. Our 9.5 year old only weighs 66 pounds and eats like a horse!

A friend of mine said her 8 year old weighed 100 pounds!

My kids don’t eat perfectly healthy all the time and do eat junk food so it’s not like they aren’t also consuming the highly processed food. I just feel bad for kids having to go through this at such a young age.

What a weird exhibit of concern trolling.

[Anonymous]

If you don’t buy it, you can’t eat it. Stop buying your kids crappy foods.

[Anonymous]

This is not my experience at all. I don't know why but we don't know many heavy kids at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t buy it, you can’t eat it. Stop buying your kids crappy foods.

But Larla won't eat healthy foods!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swimming at the pool this year and have really noticed a lot of chunky kids. I know a lot of kids are overweight and obese now but it still surprises me every time I see kids who are clearly overweight at a young age.

DH and I had the opposite problem growing up and our kids are sharing our genetics. No matter how much they eat they can’t really gain weight. Our 9.5 year old only weighs 66 pounds and eats like a horse!

A friend of mine said her 8 year old weighed 100 pounds!

My kids don’t eat perfectly healthy all the time and do eat junk food so it’s not like they aren’t also consuming the highly processed food. I just feel bad for kids having to go through this at such a young age.

This is some weird variation on the humble brag ...

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is still shocking to me OP. Especially when I see chunky kids with thin parents.

But we aren't allowed to talk about it and have to just pretend we don't notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Swimming at the pool this year and have really noticed a lot of chunky kids. I know a lot of kids are overweight and obese now but it still surprises me every time I see kids who are clearly overweight at a young age.

DH and I had the opposite problem growing up and our kids are sharing our genetics. No matter how much they eat they can’t really gain weight. Our 9.5 year old only weighs 66 pounds and eats like a horse!

A friend of mine said her 8 year old weighed 100 pounds!

My kids don’t eat perfectly healthy all the time and do eat junk food so it’s not like they aren’t also consuming the highly processed food. I just feel bad for kids having to go through this at such a young age.

This is some weird variation on the humble brag ...

Op - not a brag at all! When I I was growing up all the kids looked the same. Some were taller, some were shorter but they were all pretty much skinny with knobby knees. Now there are tons of overweight and obese kids! It’s shocking!

[Anonymous]

Chubbers needs Ozempic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t buy it, you can’t eat it. Stop buying your kids crappy foods.

But Larla won't eat healthy foods!

We're got that problem. He barely eats the unhealthy food and is below the bottom of the growth chart in weight. I have no doubt he would starve himself to death.

[Anonymous]

I teach in a high poverty school and by 5th-6th grade, nearly every student is overweight. It's sad. Some of them stayed overweight as they grew but some of them were a normal weight and then just packed on the pounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Swimming at the pool this year and have really noticed a lot of chunky kids. I know a lot of kids are overweight and obese now but it still surprises me every time I see kids who are clearly overweight at a young age.

DH and I had the opposite problem growing up and our kids are sharing our genetics. No matter how much they eat they can’t really gain weight. Our 9.5 year old only weighs 66 pounds and eats like a horse!

A friend of mine said her 8 year old weighed 100 pounds!

My kids don’t eat perfectly healthy all the time and do eat junk food so it’s not like they aren’t also consuming the highly processed food. I just feel bad for kids having to go through this at such a young age.

This is some weird variation on the humble brag ...

Op - not a brag at all! When I I was growing up all the kids looked the same. Some were taller, some were shorter but they were all pretty much skinny with knobby knees. Now there are tons of overweight and obese kids! It’s shocking!

NP. I agree with this. And most teens nowadays are thick instead of skinny. It's bleak.