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[quote=Anonymous]My DS was underweight due to a naturally high, high metabolism plus his ADHD medication (which we monitored with his ped and lowered at DS's request).

The key for DS was going to the gym. It jumpstarted his appetite and he craves more protein. Plus he likes the way he is starting to look so is motivated to keep good eating and exercise habits.

The other thing is, I hate to say, bending over backwards to make healthy, high calorie breakfast and dinners and put together a great lunch for him to take to school every day. The biggest issue was that, like a lot of kids on ADHD medication, DS would skip lunch then eat a bunch of junk food late at night. He would burn through the junk food calories due to his charged up metabolism, deal with sugar crashes, and be unmotivated toward exercise.

Once we switched our thinking to healthier habits altogether, he started gaining weight and muscle. Yes, he eats plenty of ice cream and cookies too, but the bulk of his calories come from meat, whole milk dairy, protein smoothies, big plates of ragu, etc. plus I try to make sure he gets decent fiber/nutrition with as many fruits and veggies as possible.

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