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[quote=Anonymous]I have a super skinny teen who needs to gain weight but has zero hunger cues. He could go all day without eating and be his normal cheerful self. He feels nauseated easily, has a hair trigger gag reflex, and food aversions. I think a lifetime of that has just made his body go “eh. I’ll just not.”

He is an athlete and desperately wants to gain weight, so we’ve gone to doctors. He’s healthy, had all the work ups. The recommendation is to simply feed him - whatever hyper-palatable food he can eat the most of, that’s what we provide. We ALSO eat balanced healthy meals that two pudgy middle aged parents can eat. But any meal my son eats separately, or additional snacks, are not what would be healthy for me.

We make him milkshakes and mango lassis and mix in a goo called Benecalorie, which is 250 calories of fat and protein. He gets two goo packs a day, plus the calories in the shakes. For snacks we buy him either protein bars or candy bars with nuts and chocolate. He prefers candy like gummy worms, but they don’t have many calories, so we nudge him toward things that are more calorie dense when he eats treats.

He takes Ensure or Boost shakes to school but he says he doesn’t like them anymore and can’t force himself to drink them, so we are looking for another alternative.[/quote]

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