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Reply to "Screaming about and rejecting every meal suddenly?! 11 yr old DD - help!"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like when boys start eating a ton we all chuckle about growth spurts but when tween girls want to eat all the time we worry. [/quote] Umm...because of science. Teen boys require up to 1,000 additional calories per day during their growing years. Girls need extra calories but not as much as teen boys. Active teen boys could eat an entire pizza per day and not really have it affect them. Some active teen girls could too, but not many. Boys and girls growth spurts are very diffeeent.[/quote] If a teenage boy was stomping around screaming at mealtimes that would be worrying as well. It's not the hunger that's the problem.[/quote] That depends on whether or not the teenage boy is getting enough food to meet their needs. When we've got people describing drinking a glass of milk with each meal as "guzzling" it makes you wonder if this girl is getting her caloric needs met.[/quote]
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