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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am very concerned about my 9yo DD’s eating habits and am not sure what to do about them, if anything, as I don’t want her to end up feeling bad about herself, or worst case develop an eating disorder down the line. But I also feel like just doing nothing is not the best solution to set her up for success.

The issue is the volume of food she eats, and it’s so much more than her peers from what I have observed over the past few months. Last night at Thanksgiving dinner she had 3 servings of food - full plates with all the fixings. All of the other kids - around her age but some older - had one to two servings max but consumed much less overall. Tonight for dinner we ordered pizza and most kids had 2 pieces, she had 3 and asked for another but I offered more broccoli instead so she declined. Last weekend we were at a birthday party for a family member and there was a big table of sweets. All of the kids took huge platefuls of cookies, pastries and cake but my DD was the only one who ate every single thing she took (probably like 10 treats total) and all the other kids left more than half of what was on their plates. These are just a few recent examples, but this is a consistent pattern probably for at least a year if not more.

We never say anything because we just don’t know what to say that could do some good and not hard. The advice in every DCUM post is never to say anything, but is that really the right thing to do here?

At home we cook pretty healthy but she eats as much as DH and me every night unless we don’t cook a ton and only offer extra fruits/veggies in which case she sometimes says she is full. She goes to a private school that provides lunch and they can only have 2 servings max, but when I have volunteered I saw that most kids don’t even eat one full serving. We don’t restrict snacks or desserts because we don’t want to make an issue over them, and most of her friends eat a ton of junk and we don’t want to be the only ones saying no.

Since I am sure others will ask, my DD is chubby, but that is not the issue here, it’s the overeating. She is somewhat lazy, but does do a couple sports to get her active (soccer and basketball).

Is there anything we can do?[/quote]

we have a similar daughter who is an impulse eater, over-eater (of carbs, sweets and meats only) and recently stopped her cardio sport and gained 8 pounds in a couple months - same age 9 yo.

She asks all the time for snacks or desserts when out or in; any time there is a sign to read or some memory comes up. She can be at an outing, have an ice cream cone earlier in the day and continue to ask for a cupcake or chocolate. If we say No, no more today, she'll still ask hour after hour. 
She knows she chubby, someone at the pool sadly called her fat and she said OK.

Until we totally cut out the overeating and sweets we don't know what her natural size is. 
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We plan on hiring a children's nutritionist to work with her.[/b] There could also be ADHD or HFA at play as well, it runs in the family on one side (the side where MIL said she kept NO cookies or sweets around because a weeks supply would be gone in 1-2 days).

Books haven't helped. There is some addiction, impulse and lack of self control going on. THe siblings have no such issue, my spouse does.

I have wondered if going gluten free would help? no more sugar carbs (pasta, mashed potatoes, rice - she can eat a adult man's portion and still ask for more). [/quote]

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