My 6 year old is curiously overweight - anyone with a similar experience?

[Anonymous]

it could be fluid retention, secondary to a medical condition of some kind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Six seems young to be overeating. At that age, they still self-regulate pretty well, and you say she's active.. Eating disorders don't usually crop up til the hormonal changes of puberty start. So I agree with all the PPs, this is a question for the doc.

My 6 year old can DEFINITELY overeat if someone doesn't intervene. She'd eat an entire bag of chips or sleeve of cookies if I'd let her.
OP, I provide healthy snacks that my DD can easily access and eat whenever and however much she wants. These include apple slices, carrots, cucumbers, celery sticks, grapes, raisins, etc. No questions asked, she can chow down on those. She has a treat everyday, but they are 2 fig newtons or a dumdum lollipop (very few calories) after she has a meal. Carbs (chips, crackers) are a very small portion of her diet. NO JUICE. Absolutely no juice unless she's at a birthday party or some other special event. Juice is terrible on so many levels. And, also, no milk. She eats cheese and yogurt at meals, she doesn't need liquid calories.
Talk to your ped, of course, but making simple changes won't hurt in any case.

OP, is she ever alone in the kitchen? She might be sneaking food. I wondered why my DD looked a little overweight, and when I put 2 and 2 together, I realized that she was sneaking food when I wasn't in the room.

[Anonymous]

Many adults are sensitive to wheat/gluten as well as dairy, no matter how much consumed. After sonsulting with a doctor, you might try eliminating it from her diet for 2 weeks to see how she feels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP, is she ever alone in the kitchen? She might be sneaking food. I wondered why my DD looked a little overweight, and when I put 2 and 2 together, I realized that she was sneaking food when I wasn't in the room.

What was the underlying issue? How did you deal with it?