They don't eat. They INHALE food. Massive amounts.

Roast beef and * Manchego cheese* sandwich

A lot. Today e.g., my 16yo ate 3 scrambled eggs with toast and a pear for breakfast. I packed him a roast beef and man he go sandwich for lunch with three clementines and a Clif bar. He got home at 4 and had a frozen Trader Joe's Indian meal (chicken tikka), an apple, and a half-hour later, cheese and crackers. At dinner he had two cheeseburgers, three helpings of salad and baked potato fries. An hour later he ate some leftover pasta.

Crazy.

Anonymous wrote:My 14-year-old DS is constantly hungry. This is normal, right? He doesn't eat much for breakfast, refuses lunch at school, and then is ravenous after school until bedtime. Today he ate 7 chicken tenders from ChickFilA, large fries, and a drink after school. An hour later he was asking what there was to eat. Yes, I know it wouldn't be as bad if he ate consistently, but he just refuses. Tell me what your teen boys eat in a day.

OP, I have a 12 YO DS who is becoming like this. And as a dietitian, this concerns me - not so much how much he's eating, but what he is eating. Sounds like your son is the same way.

If nothing else, PLEASE start insisting that he eat breakfast. He needs some protein in the morning. Even a higher-content cereal like Kashi (with some fruit and milk) is a good start on this. If no time, a grilled cheese sandwich or a hard boiled egg.

I know you say that he "refuses" to eat better and consistently, but please try to get his attention on this. He's building himself up for some seriously bad habits that are going to start impacting his health before too long.

All the things. All of them. 16 years old 5'10" skinny (150?) size **14** shoes. He eats a granola bar and a banana as he races out the door for school. Lunch is ham or turkey and cheese sandwich. Chips, Apple, fruit snacks, crackers, maybe cookies. Comes home and eats a "snack" that's basically an entire meal. I work from home so I can head him off and I lay out vegetables he can see as soon as he walks in the door. So he comes in the door and starts eating handfuls of carrots and sliced peppers with hummus Add cheese and crackers and some sort of fruit. THEN he eats a full dinner. (Meat, carb, veg). If he has done a sport that day it's not unusual for him to eat a bowl of milk and cereal before he goes to bed.

My teen boys eat an unbelievable amount of food. 14 year old eats an egg sandwich the. Goes to school and gets school breakfast. He eats school lunch plus an ice cream. After school he eats a bagel with cream cheese or a box Of mac and cheese. Then there is dinner plus like a second dinner before bed. 7 chicken tenders is nothing. Mine eat 20. I would say they easily eat four times what I eat in a day and they are thin.

There is a great thread on this on the Food and Cooking Forum:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/465595.page

My 14-year-old DS is constantly hungry. This is normal, right? He doesn't eat much for breakfast, refuses lunch at school, and then is ravenous after school until bedtime. Today he ate 7 chicken tenders from ChickFilA, large fries, and a drink after school. An hour later he was asking what there was to eat. Yes, I know it wouldn't be as bad if he ate consistently, but he just refuses. Tell me what your teen boys eat in a day.