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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]

OP here!

We normally cook all of our meals, and try to be as healthy as possible. We try not to keep bad snacks in the house. My worry is that DS often stops at some fast food joint after school with his friends (using his own money from babysitting/lawn mowing/etc) and eats a meal-sized "snack." I don't feel like I can really ban this, as it is his money that he earned, and it is definitely a social thing for him to do with his friends. The problem is a couple hours later he will eat our normal supper.

As for why he is less active, he quit football early this past fall because he no longer enjoyed it (according to him), against our will, but we don't force our kids to do activities they don't want to. Honestly, we expected him to pick up some more activities, but he seems content to remain fairly inactive.[/quote]

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