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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teens eat about the same, one is skinny no matter what and the other puts on weight.
Parented the same way, fed the same way, etc. it’s hormones and metabolism and some people get the short end of the stick. All you can do is choose healthy foods at home, single serve desserts like Trader Joe’s hold the cones instead of gallons of ice cream you scoop into a bowl can help with portion control. [/quote]

Agree. I have twin teens. So much of this is outside her control. Just like some people gain a lot in pregnancy and others just don’t. I can’t believe people still think the skinny teens have more willpower. They are eating crap too. Their bodies just process it differently and feel different hunger. [/quote]

It isn’t that the skinny teen has more willpower.  It’s that they don’t have the mechanisms that control cravings, hunger, and satiation are working properly.  The skinny teen isn’t prone to overeating- they are able to effortlessly eat what their body needs and stop when they have had enough.  [/quote]

I mean, that’s part of it but also part not. My teen niece eats a TON. She was complaining how she overate at Thanksgiving and always gets a bloated belly after she eats but then digests and is hungry again. She is 5’3” and XXS, with a tiny mom and tiny grandma. She isn’t stopping when she’s had enough. She overeats too. She’s just built petite with a great metabolism (and she does exercise). [/quote]

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