What to eat to gain weight?

[Anonymous]

Teen. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Friend of mine in high school would eat sleeves of Ritz with peanut butter and whole milk.

[Anonymous]

You could also have them drink meal replacement shakes like Boost. Not as meal replacements, just as drinks. 2-3 a day would add 600+ calories easily.

[Anonymous]

Why another post about this? Just look/comment on the other thread.

[Anonymous]

Eggs for breakfast

Full fat milk shakes with protein powder everyday after school.

[Anonymous]

Protein not carbs and start weight lifting.

[Anonymous]

Protein not carbs and start weight lifting.

[Anonymous]

Olive oil sprinkled on chicken and vegetables, hummus, nuts, full fat yogurt

[Anonymous]

Candied nuts.

That's what made me gain a number of pounds I will not disclose...

[Anonymous]

Donuts and pizza and hamburgers.

[Anonymous]

Look at the places where you can substitute higher fat versions of things. Use more butter.

My son's nutritionist said to avoid cheerios because they displace foods higher in fat.

I always found a daily malted did the trick.

I also found that you shouldn't worry about nutrition so much when your goal is stabilization. Once you've stopped the weight decline and are feeling better, then you can worry about making sure things are more balanced.

[Anonymous]

Food. Try eating food. Make sure that they eat more calories than they burn through physical activity and eat real food and not junk food.

I don't see why this question comes up so often? Why are the moms on here unfamiliar with food - is everyone on a permanent juice cleanse?

[Anonymous]

larger portions? pasta? I'd try to avoid too much sugar and fat because that's just bad for their hearts, like it is for adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Food. Try eating food. Make sure that they eat more calories than they burn through physical activity and eat real food and not junk food.

I don't see why this question comes up so often? Why are the moms on here unfamiliar with food - is everyone on a permanent juice cleanse?

You don't see because you are fundamentally ignorant about the issue that many parents face. Please keep your ignorance to yourself, mkay? You _really_ aren't helping anyone.

[Anonymous]

Totally second the idea of looking everywhere in the kid's diet to substitute calorie dense foods for low-cal versions (the exact opposite of what we adults do).

Trader Joes has many fairly healthy cereals that are >250 cal. per cup, compared to Cheerios 100 cal per cup.

Whole milk and full fat yogurt rather than skim. Lots of butter.

Many kids have trouble drinking protein shakes. Consider a whole milk and greek yogurt smoothie instead --- 30g protein, at least 400 cal and easier to swallow. OR Gatorade protein shakes are 20g. protein and 250 cal.

Guacamole is good.