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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not normally the type to voice my concern online but I saw a recent post which was similar to my problem and helpful ideas were given so here goes.

My son has just turned 8 and is quite chunky with a bit of a chubby belly and face. I was happy that it didn't seem to be bothering him, he was always happy as normal and I just assumed he was storing fat for a growth spurt, which is normal at his age I am told. However the bad news is he has just got fatter and fatter over the last year reaching 34kg recently. As soon as I noticed this weight increase I was slightly concerned (but not too much) so took him to the doctors for a check-up. The doctor told me he was very overweight and have me some helpful advice regarding his diet, excercise etc. But the most concerning thing is he is very proud of his new belly and seems to by trying to get fatter, which sounds absurd writing this. However stuff like when we went swimming he sat down and went "Mummy look how fat I've gotten!" with excitement - I just shrugged it off as him being silly
but looking back it does worry me. Now everytime I weigh him, which the doctor told us to do regularly, he is happier when he puts on weight and sighs when he loses weight. He asks for bigger portions and seconds and is always trying to get me to buy sweets at the supermarket. Obviously I am not stupid and I have his food intake under control, but especially after events such as Christmas parties, NYE parties and his birthday which was just before christmas, it is difficult to stop him from eating so much. I kept my eye on him taking all the nibbles, sweets and chocolate but there's not much I could do about it at a party when I'm mingling with my friends and he's playing. He must of put on an inch around the waist just over the last month after all he ate and drank because now when he buttons up his school shirts, the buttons look like strained from the push of his fat belly, which he found hysterical. Sometimes he lifts up his shirt and chases his sister around whilst running his belly or something and always plays with his belly fat when he sits down I've noticed. The most recent 'game' he's created is balanced cutlery on his belly which now sticks out enough for him to do. The doctor warned him of the dangers of obesity but the message didn't seem to go through. If my son's trying to put on weight (and currently succeeding) then what can I do about it??!!
 
I have him doing as much excercise as I can but it is difficult. We lives 1 minute away from school so although he walks it's not exactly a lot of excercise. The school takes him swimming once a week, and he plays football at th weekend when he can. However lots of the time he meets with the neighbour friends round houses or whatever where I'm not sure he does get much excercise.

Any suggestions because I'm seriously stuck?? I'm controlling his diet, excercise and we've had professional help but still no results??!![/quote]

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