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[quote=Anonymous]I have a similar problem with my 9 year old son - except he doesn't seem as bothered by his weight as your one - always allowed us to weigh him, although we started monitoring it from a young age, checking his weight, waistline, and hip line (measuring around where the belt is) almost monthly. And I'm glad we did so as we were able to spot problems pretty quickly. Like yours mine also has a sticky out belly - I actually measures from underneath the belly outwards from the belt and his tummy fat came out by 2 inches easily, not only that but to measure the hip line you had to move his belly fat out of the way! He was wearing age 13-14 trousers and age 14 blazer to get round the waist. We took him to a specialist who told me he was clinically obese and gave me strict dietary suggestions. It was quite the shock to have it diagnosed as we monitored him so carefully, but well worth it. He is slimming down very slowly but the belly is still very much there. However a couple more months of hard excercise will sort him out. You could maybe consider something similar?[/quote]

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