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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they are healthy and active I wouldn’t worry too much. 
I wouldnt resort to lucky charms and Reese’s pieces just to get food in, that’s crazy. [/quote]

If by “crazy,” you mean “recommended by experts as a way to manage a crazy situation,” then you are correct.  [/quote]

Not the person you are responding to, but when my son was overweight I heard this advice and ignored it. I have since gotten opinions on the other health issues involved and mentioned this advice and much more esteemed doctors agree with my take and the person above-junk food is really bad medicine. It's one thing to do nutrition shakes to get the weight gain going and some nutrients, but you are much better off long term adding more olive oil, finding the safest shake you can, making smoothies that have a base like avocado and that sort of thing. When I took the original advice of getting weight any way you can even with cookies and cake, my kid was so ill. When I went with my gut (pun intended) later backed up by other doctors and dieticians, the weight gain was slower, but the health gains were faster and greater. Food for thought.[/quote]

This depends so much on how bad the situation is.

Some people have the time to take your approach, others who have kids below the 1percentile BMI need to take more drastic measures NOW. Then maybe once the situation stabilizes they can consider your approach.

People on here with kids like yours who have 5 percentile BMI do not understand the urgency. You are in an entirely different situation and trying to compare apples and oranges. [/quote]

+1[/quote]

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