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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the OP of the thread on whether Ellyn Sattler works for kids who can’t regulate their food intake.  My daughter is definitely overweight, and has no “off” switch when it comes to food she likes (not just junk, but anything she really likes.).  Always has been like this.   But she now wants to lose weight, and I’m really struggling with how to approach it for all the reasons given here.  A week of trying Sattler’s approach has led to, I would guess, a doubling in my child’s consumption for the week (and I assure you she was not going hungry before).   Even she said “I’m not going to lose weight eating whatever I want.”  I don’t care what my daughter looks like—she takes my breath away with her beauty.  But she gets made fun of for being fat, and I don’t know how to help her in a way that doesn’t lead to more issues later.  So I feel for you, OP.  [/quote]

I don’t think Sattler works for kids who are willing to eat everything including healthy items but just eat too much. You just have to limit food for some kids so they learn not to overeat. Their is obesity in my extended family so my sister and I both were committed to trying to keep our kids at a healthy weight. My sister followed Sattler and her kids are all overweight. They just eat too much at one sitting. From a young age they are adult sized portions. I decided to limit portions for them. One slice of pizza is enough for a 5 year old. When my son wanted another slice we told him no. At dinner everyone gets one serving of food there are no seconds. If you are still hungry we tell our kids they need to wait an hour. But by then they rarely ask for food an hour later. In previous generations kids didn’t get seconds. Everyone got one serving and that was it. There wasn’t an endless supply of prepared foods. [/quote]

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