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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If you're defining "successful" as "resulted in child losing weight," sure. It happens. And frequently, the kid has a screwed-up relationship with food and exercise forever after and a bad relationship with parents, too.
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Sometimes the kid doesn't lose weight but gets the bad relationship with food and parents anyway.

Read "Fat Politics" and read about Health at Every Size. Then apologize to your daughter, sincerely, and work on being supportive. Let her be who she is and weigh what she weighs, and don't assume that she couldn't possibly be happy because of her weight. If her behavior indicates unhappiness -- if she lacks connections and interests -- ask her about that, neutrally. But never ever ever mention her weight.[/quote]

This.  It is crucial how you define "success."  If it's "my kid maintains or develops healthy eating and exercise habits," you are in a much better position than if it's "kid loses weight."  Talking about it in terms of "health" doesn't help if that's not really your true concern.  [/quote]

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