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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS, 17, has gained over 30 lbs in the past year. The main reason behind the weight gain ( besides eating more calories than he’s burning,  obviously) is that he isn’t playing sports nearly as much as he did in years prior. He  realized that he isn’t playing at a level that’ll get him recruited for college and has focused on other, non athletic extra curricular activities .  He’s also taking on a very rigorous course load at school, so a lot of his time is spent sitting at a desk.
I am  worried about [b]the health ramifications as diabetes runs on both sides of our family.[/b]

Is there a tactful way to approach this topic with him?

TIA
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Use the bolded part. No 17 year old should be gaining fat unless they have some genetic predisposition and something is awry. Most 17 year old boys can eat 5000 calories a day and still stay low bodyfat.

Cut out carbs, don't feed him pastas, breads, fruit juices, french fries, chips, desserts, sodas, etc. [/quote]

Uh no.  [b]Not everyone is built the same way[/b] I’m the poster that kids decided to list later with friends.  [b]Unfortunately he has more of my genes[/b] and does not magically burn calories like that.  This worked great when he was training hard year round and playing football. He ate a ton and put on muscle. Then he gained a lot of like 50+ pounds in a year.  My kid is 6’1 and now healthy at around 200 lbs.   eating right and working out. He was 250+ and not doing any activity at one point.  But harping on him wouldn’t have helped.

Stopping organized sports was huge for him and we realized this. He had played something since preschool so it’s not that easy to just go running, biking or do it on his own.  As I said, it took him a while and we were concerned but didn’t harp. Yes, we offered to pay for a gym membership when HE asked. No 17 yo wants to workout with the family.

Don’t discount the mental part of stopping something they did for so long. It just takes time. He’s not going to get diabetes tomorrow.   [/quote]

As the PP mentioned. [/quote]

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