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[quote=Anonymous]My 9-year old daughter is slightly overweight and she is constantly hungry. At every meal she asks for a second full helping. Not just a little extra, more like a second helping of pasta, a second sandwich, etc. People say "she must be going through a growth spurt!" but she's not really spurting, she's just getting chubbier. We make every effort to prepare healthy meals, we only have dessert on special occasions, we don't have juice. We keep her very active-- we walk everywhere, including to and from school everyday, and she plays three sports plus Girls on the Run. I don't know how to handle it when she asks for more food. I don't want to give her a complex about food or her weight and I am careful to never comment on her weight, my weight, or anyone else's. I come from a family of overweight/obese people so I am sensitive to this issue but it feels wrong to restrict her eating at this age. Any advice?[/quote]
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