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[quote=Anonymous]My 13yo DD is overweight (per her pediatrician) and we have been trying delicately to get her to eat healthier and be more active but it’s really difficult. We serve healthy, balanced meals at home and talk about how everything is ok in moderation, but that it’s important to try to eat healthy 80% of the time and only indulge in treats (desserts/sweets, fried foods, etc) 20% of the time.

She was doing ok for a little while but since starting 8th grade her eating has really gone down hill because she is hanging out much more with friends and has too many opportunities to make bad food decisions. She and her friends often meet up at Dunkin Donuts to hang out and recently they have been going to the mall most weekends and eating food court lunches and unhealthy snacks while they are there. This is fine as a special occasion but it’s just happening too often.

Here is an example of her day yesterday: eggs and wheat toast for breakfast at home, turkey sandwich with pretzels and fruit at home for lunch. Then she went to a friend’s house for a sleepover and had the following from 2pm on: fries and milkshake for a snack at the mall, popcorn and candy at the movies, chicken tenders and fries for dinner, and then they baked cupcakes and had those for dessert at her friend’s house. Again, this is not a one off, every weekend is starting to look like this and she and her friends also like to go to Dunkin or Starbucks after school some days as well.

The difference I have observed between DD and her friends (who have equally bad habits) is that my DD finishes everything and her friends just have a little and then are done. But it’s so excessive overall.

I don’t know what to do as I know this is a delicate subject. DD gets a set weekly allowance that she uses for food so I could take that away but I don’t want her to not be able to hang with her friends so that seems extreme. I ask her to make some healthy choices when she is out but she doesn’t, and I know how hard it is when all your friends are eating crap around you and are the ones asking to go to these places.

I can also do nothing but that feels equally crazy since this is impacting her health. What is the middle ground? Has anyone else dealt with this?[/quote]

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