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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over-stuffing is a symptom. 
Are they on pharmaceuticals?[/quote]

+1. You are trying to address the issue backwards[/quote]

I’m chiming in as an adult with ADHD who massively binged at that age exactly — my experience may be helpful, or it may not, FWIW.

The overeating was absolutely a symptom of my depression/anxiety compounded by boredom. There was healthy fruit available but it didn’t provide immediate gratification the way carbs did. My parents put a lock on the pantry, but I still figured out how to unlock it. I learned to be smarter about hiding food wrappers; I took to taking the empty packages into the woods behind our house, but always got caught in the end.

Locking up food has some residual impacts on me. I inhale carb foods quickly, like there’s a subconscious fear it’s going to be taken away. I feel like I have to sneak occasional bites of junk food away from my spouse, even though he wouldn’t ever judge me. But as an adult, I no longer binged junk food regularly, just occasionally like after a breakup, extreme boredom, etc.

If this is something your kids need, I’d suggest a few things: tell them this isn’t about the food, but rather about helping them. Don’t make this about their physical health, don’t require “exercise.” That’s ripe for developing self-image issues. Scheduling more activities and distractions are good, but don’t do it because they need to make up for the junk food. They’ll just grow up viewing physical activity as punishment.

And I would check in on the possibility of the binging as a symptom.
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