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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why doesn't the nutritionist want your child to log calories? [/quote]

Pure guess here. Maybe the nutritionist doesn't want OP's DD to get hung up on food control to a calorie level. That's a lot for a teen.[/quote]

But that's the reason (barring some medical issue or a medication that causes weight gain) the teen is overweight.

My students are often overweight coming into kindergarten. That used to be unusual 20 yrs ago when I started teaching. By 6th grade, I'd say 3/4 of them are overweight. Judging by the crap they bring to school, it's simple math. All high calorie but low nutrition foods. [/quote]
This is actually really scary and I am deeply disturbed society isn't alarmed by this. The long term health implications are a disaster. I am social/fiscal conservative but I absolutely would support a seed oil/added sugar tax in a heartbeat. And a steep one. [/quote]

We’re not supposed to be alarmed by this because we are supposed to be “body positive” and pretend that things like Type II diabetes, heart disease, joint problems, etc. are all things that can randomly occur in any person with equal likelihood whether they are obese or not. [/quote]
I know you're being sarcastic, but here is a story time. When I did my internal medicine rotation about 10 years ago a 16 year old teen came in to the ER with a raging yeast infection. Turns out she had type II diabetes with blood sugars so out of control they had to admit her to the ICU for insulin drip (has to be monitored frequently so not safe to admit to the general ward). I wonder if she ever got pregnant and if she did, how it went. Wouldn't be surprised if she was sterilized or subfertile from PCOS [/quote]

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