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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are that concerned, are you making an effort to serve healthy meals and keep only healthy food in the house? Sometimes the whole family has to get on board to make a difference. Having lots of healthy food for your DS to choose from is important so that your DS can satisfy his hunger without packing on the pounds.[/quote]

+1.
Is your son in denial? Does he really believe that "only girls" need to worry about their weight?
You need to nip this in the bud, it will only get worse.  I get that the boy is hungry.  I remember my mom trying to keep my teenage brothers fed cheaply and effortlessly, and for her it meant endless frozen pizzas, Taco Bell, chips, soda, protein shakes, etc.  (things were different then, and we were working class)  Both of them played sports.  When they quit sports during college, they ballooned because they quit the sports, but not their bad food habits!

I never understood how it was good for "athletes" to eat so many empty calories - it seems to me that if anything, they needed at least as nutrient-dense diets as the rest of us.  So it isn't about playing sports or not.  Your son needs to focus on nutrition.  Not how many pounds he weighs, but nutrition.

If he is already eating a very nutrient dense diet, very low in sugar and empty starches and including good fats, then there might be another problem.

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