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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I'm probably the same size as your daughter... 5'2'', size 12. I had a mom obsessed with weight (it was the 80s so extremely typical). She had me tested for thyroid disorders and so forth... But it sounds like your daughter stopped being so active and is in a house where you are prioritizing your sons' massive eating more than providing your daughter with healthy options and then finding alternative ways for her to be healthy.[/quote]

That was not my take away at all.  She said she buys plenty of heathy food and cooks at home.  She likely meant, bc of her teenage sons, she also has some convenience type foods and snack foods for them to grab for quick energy.  That doesn't necessarily mean junk food.  Besides, we don't live in a junk food free world.  OP's daughter is 16.  Ultimately, she is making the choice of what and how much she puts in her body.  Junk food will always be available to her if that is what she wants, at home, at school, at the corner store, a relative's, a friend's, etc. OP's daughter isn't overweight bc mom is only buying cheetos, pop tarts, funions, and fast food.  She is likely overweight simply from eating too much in general, of a variety of things; a sandwich after school, a granola bar, a second helping of dinner, bowl of cereal before bed...this is how most kids that are aren't in poverty (and truly have no heathy food in house) get overweight.  [/quote]

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