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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way to disrupt the constant hunger is to work. Teens should be busy working or volunteering so that they aren't always eating. Mine works a FT summer job and does power washing on the weekends. He eats regular meals and has no time for snacking.[/quote]

Mine could not be busier-- after school activities, two sports (one travel).  Doesn't get home from school/camp until after 3 or 4, leaves for sports most night at 6.  Still finds time to snack and overeat.  (See all threads above about how they get fed at so many of these activities).

All these parents with kids who don't have eating issues are so certain it wouldn't happen to their kids.  You are not better parents or better at helping your kids be healthy: you are lucky your kid has good genes.
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If you know he’s overeating outside the home, feed him less at home.  Have absolutely zero junk available at home.  You can only control what you can control, but it sounds like you want to just throw up your hands and blame it all on bad luck or bad genes.[/quote]

You're so smart-- you have all the answers-- no junk food and feed a kid less, why didn't I think about that?

Such smug parenting. I seriously -- truly-- hope you never have a child struggle with their weight.  Though, I kind of wish more of you did because then you'd understand how hard it is.[/quote]

Just do the math. Lower the calories and they will lose weight. You don't even need to do extra activity although it's always good to move more.

It's pretty easy to control a child's food choices up until they earn their own money (or someone gifts them a lot of it). The parents who give their kids huge allowances then complain that they buy junk food and high calorie Starbucks drinks. Stop giving them $25/week. [/quote]

Ok, no it’s not.  Kids that have a tendency to overeat, will overeat just about anything.  You can’t have a carb free household.  They can make their own food if they want to.  Many teens have part time jobs and get money from relatives for birthday.  They can offered plenty of Starbucks without your help.  Again, a parent cannot control the food intake of a teen.  They have to want to eat less overall and say to to the junk. If they don’t want to or can’t, you cannot make them[/quote]

Go ahead. Let your 7 yr old overeat the cantaloupe. I promise it won't make her gain weight. Teens aren't getting jobs until 15 at the earliest. If you have provided 15 years of healthy foods in your home, the chance that they will become overweight after that is pretty low. [/quote]

Actually it is sky high.  Over 70% of adults are overweight.  By the time your teen is adult, chances are they will be too[/quote]

Maybe in certain demographics but not UMC teens. I work in a Title 1 school and I see those demographics every day. When I pick my kid up at his private HS, not even 1/3 of the kids are overweight. [/quote]
70% of adults of all ages are fat. 70% of college kids are not fat, but you are probably assuring your kid to be fat their entire life [b]if you let them [/b]enter their teens fat [/quote]

No one is "letting" their kids be fat.  We are all parenting in an age where unhealthy food is everywhere. Some kids' bodies know to stop at one slice of pizza at the camp pizza party, some kids crave two.  Some kids don't think about food unless it's in front of them, some kids brains are always thinking about food.  You are lucky if your kid is the former.

I am the parent of an overweight DD.  I am thin, I work out pretty much every day.  We don't have chips/soda in out house. We emphasize protein and complete nutrition...and still my kid is overweight.  Yes she is overeating.  Yes we are trying to help her.  But it is not a failure of parenting.  It is a failure of willpower, and if it was easy to overcome, 70 percent of Americans would not be overweight.[/quote]

So, you’re sitting there and watching her overeat? Are you portioning the food out? Are you saying, “you’ve eaten enough?” [/quote]

So you think PP should do that at the camp pizza party? Yikes. [/quote]

Or if there are siblings who aren’t overweight? Should she single out the one with a weight issue and let the thin kids eat as much as they want?[/quote]
If your kid had a broken leg, would you let them go skiing with their sibling?

[b]People seem to have alot of weird feels around food.[/b] There is nothing wrong with somebody who is overweight eating a single piece of pizza and a side salad. [/quote]

Gosh, ya think? Look, you clearly have never been an overweight child or had one. You seem to think this is very simple, but it is far, far from it. Food and eating and weight are all incredibly twisted up in emotions and feelings of self worth, especially for girls. You have to tread very, very carefully.[/quote]

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