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[quote=Anonymous]Well, I have a gen Alpha who is overweight, close to obese. We are super fit parents (both active duty Marines) and have two sons - one of whom is lean and muscular and one of whom is very overweight. What is the difference? I really don't know. Both kids have done sports from an early age. We are a very active family. Screens are used but not to excess. We eat very healthy and cook almost everything at home. We maybe eat out once a month and don't keep junk food or convenience food in the house.

Certainly our overweight kid has an innately different relationship with food than the rest of us. He doesn't seem to know when to stop or what portions are reasonable. We've tried to teach that, but it's always working against his natural instincts. He also tends to be a couch potato unless we actively make him move with us (which we do often and regularly).

I'm not sure if this is the norm for kids who are overweight or if our family situation makes him an outlier, but I wanted to make it clear that you can be very fit and a healthy eating family and still have an overweight kid.

We have definitely struggled with the balance between insisting on a healthy weight and creating self-image issues and possible eating disorders. I've seen enough of that at work with colleagues dealing with the Marine Corps's very strict weight standards and I don't want to create long-term mental issues surrounding food. We try to highlight keeping active and have him cook a lot of his own healthy food, but I think it will be a life long struggle for him. It is on our mind a lot as parents. [/quote]

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