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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry. No one who is a healthy weight with non-disordered eating is eating an entire bag of clementines in a day. Or an entire pint of strawberries. That is compulsive behavior. I would absolutely see that as a symptom of a larger issue. [/quote]

I guess you don't have a teen boy. My kid easily eats 1 pint of strawberries or 6 clementines (or 2 apples and a banana, or a pound of grapes, etc) as a single serving of fruit. Of course, he is rather an anomaly at 6'4" and 190 lbs... but he is not disordered or compulsive.

FWIW, we have always eaten fruit at every meal. I was actually surprised when I figured out that was not usual amongst other families.[/quote]

Just because he could eat a pint of strawberries doesn’t mean he should. That’s compulsive. He needs to eat other stuff too, with fiber and protein. My DH is 6’4” and was 19 when I met him. Did he eat a lot? Yes. Did he ever eat a pinto of strawberries or a bag of clementines in a sitting? Nowhere close. [/quote]

You showed your hand as totally lacking in credibility when you said he needs to eat fiber in addition to the bag of clementines.

I mean seriously, are you an idiot? The primary ingredients of clementines are fiber and water.[/quote]

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