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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think kids going through major growth spurts can require up to 2800 calories a day, especially if they do sports!  And a LOT of fat!
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/downloads/calreqtips.pdf

If you have typical "healthy" food around the house it often doesn't have a lot of fat or calories.   So for a teen to get to 3000 calories a day eating say grapes and bananas, and Cheerios with 1% milk, he's going to have to eat a LOT Of food.

If you make sure to up the fat and calorie content of food available to him, he might not need to eat so much.   Buy full fat yogurt, cheese and milk.   Add oils to food.  Make sure you aren't buying low fat or reduced calories versions of foods he likes.   Buy premium ice cream.  Granola instead of flakes, with lots of nuts and seeds.   Nuts and seeds (or nut butter) for snacks.  Hummus with pita instead of celery sticks.  That kind of thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/how-to-feed-a-teen-boy-nutritiously-and-inexpensively/2011/07/06/gIQAdS4RAI_story.html?utm_term=.ecb16fd019ab[/quote]

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