From Christian, Child's Age 16 - 08/29/18 - IP#: 151.225.81.xxx Click here to reply
I recently talked about my son James on this sight now onto my daughter Megan she is 16 and is well very big she has a 38 inch waist is 5,5 (short for her age) and is 218 pounds or 15.6 stone I am worried and need some advice any would be helpful.
From Jesse, Child's Age 11 - 07/28/18 - IP#: 174.239.0.xxx Click here to reply
Help! I took my son Leo for a physical yesterday and it left me with more questions than answers. Leo is 4'9" and weighs 159.He'so grown 2 inches and put on 84 pounds since last July! The pediatrician said all the lab results show no problems like prediabetes. When I asked her why he's put on so much weight she said he eats too much. Tell me something I didn't already know! She then said it's probably "prepuberty weight gain". I don't know if I can believe this. None of his friends (all the same age and grade in school) are gaining any extra weight at all and all seem to have normal appetites while Leo eats more than I do at every meal. The doctor told Leo to watch how much he eats and sure to exercise but that's something I knew already. Have any of you parents gone through something like this with your child? Any advice? Leo just sat there and didn't say anything. Afterwards we went... (view more)Help! I took my son Leo for a physical yesterday and it left me with more questions than answers. Leo is 4'9" and weighs 159.He'so grown 2 inches and put on 84 pounds since last July! The pediatrician said all the lab results show no problems like prediabetes. When I asked her why he's put on so much weight she said he eats too much. Tell me something I didn't already know! She then said it's probably "prepuberty weight gain". I don't know if I can believe this. None of his friends (all the same age and grade in school) are gaining any extra weight at all and all seem to have normal appetites while Leo eats more than I do at every meal. The doctor told Leo to watch how much he eats and sure to exercise but that's something I knew already. Have any of you parents gone through something like this with your child? Any advice? Leo just sat there and didn't say anything. Afterwards we went to eat lunch at McDonald's because I wanted to see how much he actually listened to the doctor and he ended up eating a double cheeseburger with 2 fries and 6 piece chicken nuggets with a shake so what she told him had no effect at all.Help! (view less)
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From Jesse, Child's Age 11 - 07/21/18 - IP#: 174.239.0.xxx Click here to reply
I'm worried about my son Leo.He was always thin but has been putting on a lot of weight since last Christmas. I'm a single dad and try to have healthy meals with fast food and pizza once in a while. Leo is always hungry now and complains if I don't have enough food for him to eat seconds. We went to the pool today and he's beyond chubby now. Any ideas about how I can help him to not eat so much? For example breakfast this morning for him was a big bowl of cereal,orange juice, and 4 pieces of toast.
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From Will, Child's Age 11 - 07/19/18 - IP#: 78.148.88.xxx Click here to reply
I have a problem... my daughter, Evelyn, is obese. She weighs 247 lbs and is 4' 4" do you have any suggestions on helping her lose weight?
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From James, Child's Age 15 - 07/14/18 - IP#: 2.96.56.xxx Click here to reply
My son James is 15 he has put on a lot of weight recently and at the start of his secondary school days he was 87 pounds he was 12 then he is now 5,6 and 169 pounds is he fat I'm not sure
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From Roy, Child's Age 17 - 06/17/18 - IP#: 50.89.194.xxx Click here to reply
My 17 year old son Benji has gone from a bone thin 5'10 and 160 to 245 pounds in just over a year. Last year (Apr/May 2017), he was on the soccer team and quite athletic with practice and workouts nearly every day. He decided at the end of last year to not continue soccer so he could better his grades in preparation for university.
Fast forward to June of 2018 and he's 245 pounds. I knew he had gained weight, I'm not completely oblivious to the change as gaining 85 pounds in a year is quite a big change to say the least. He outgrew clothes faster (S/28-30 to XL 38-40) than you could ever imagine but he has a job and bought clothes with his own money so I didn't say much of anything.
His appetite has increased but not exponentially so, definitely not enough to gain all this weight just from my food alone. He'll go for seconds at dinner but my food isn't unhealthy - he will load... (view more)My 17 year old son Benji has gone from a bone thin 5'10 and 160 to 245 pounds in just over a year. Last year (Apr/May 2017), he was on the soccer team and quite athletic with practice and workouts nearly every day. He decided at the end of last year to not continue soccer so he could better his grades in preparation for university.
Fast forward to June of 2018 and he's 245 pounds. I knew he had gained weight, I'm not completely oblivious to the change as gaining 85 pounds in a year is quite a big change to say the least. He outgrew clothes faster (S/28-30 to XL 38-40) than you could ever imagine but he has a job and bought clothes with his own money so I didn't say much of anything.
His appetite has increased but not exponentially so, definitely not enough to gain all this weight just from my food alone. He'll go for seconds at dinner but my food isn't unhealthy - he will load up his plate with vegetables as well as protein/pasta. He (or his brother) will buy junk food and store it in the house. Currently in my pantry there is probably a week's worth of candy/junk if you were to only eat that for 3 meals a day. I've told both of them to stop buying it but it is their money. But, all of my children eat it and when they have friends over they eat it.
His athleticism has reduced to zero. He has a car (well sharing with his twin) so he doesn't need to take the bus. He gets winded just doing the flight of stairs in the house or walking around the mall or supermarket; it's obviously taking a physical toll on him. Looks have changed, went from literally skin, bones and some muscle to gut hanging over shorts, love handles poking out, manboobs increasing in size and face from angular to pudgy - there's no hiding this gain.
He's eating a crap ton outside of the house. He has a car and a job and I can almost guarantee that he's stopping after work (if not before and after) to eat. Include lunch and breakfast.
I'm not sure what to do in this situation. He is the only one who has gained a lot of weight - his twin gained some (maybe 15 pounds) but that's from another scenario that I am well aware of. I can't take his money, he has his own job and he's fiscally responsible (saving, charity, etc.). I'm not going to take his car away because I don't have concrete proof about the after school binging (85 pounds in a year, there must be some binging). I have spoken to him about healthy living and stuff and whenever I bring up his weight he either refuses to talk or shrugs it off. (view less)
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From Aiysha, Child's Age 11 - 05/27/18 - IP#: 23.81.209.xxx Click here to reply
Hello, I'm a mother to one wonderful boy and aunt to two nephews. I work after school and my sister-in-law takes my son to her place and looks after him for the evening. She is a bigger lady and her boys are, in my opinion, quite fat. Over the last year my son has put on some weight. I didn't notice it until I was over at her house for a pool party for her youngests birthday. All the boys were in swim shorts and I noticed my son has got fat rolls and little boy boobies just like his cousins. I'm not sure how to approach this with him or my sister-in-law. How do I tell her that her kids are fat and my kid is getting fat from being at her house too? Please help!
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From Lillie, Child's Age 7 - 04/23/18 - IP#: 173.93.158.xxx Click here to reply
Hi everyone.
So my 7-year old has been under evaluation for about a year for his weight. I can’t specifically remember his height but I know he weights about 70 lbs. So I’m a little worried because we have been taking small steps, like eating better and exercising more, but he missed his last doctors appointment, about 6 months ago, because of some factors in our life, like my husband getting into a car accident and us having no transportation for a while. My son has a doctors appointment next month, and I’m a little worried because there really hasn’t seemed to be much difference in his weight yet. We have started getting more into exercising and coming up with games to get us back into a healthy lifestyle, as we did get out of it for a little while with everything going on. Does anyone have any recommendations in terms of interesting exercise routines or exercise games for a 7-year old boy? Thank you!
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From Alice, Child's Age 15 - 04/21/18 - IP#: 68.82.223.xxx Click here to reply
Hey, I'm very worried about my 15 year old son Jack's weight.
Up until around two years ago Jack was fairly slender. Not a stick figure, but certainly not overweight.
But over the past two years he has put on a considerable amount of weight and is now, as of the doctor's check up yesterday, obese.
He is fairly tall for a 15 year old - 5 foot 10, but weighs 203 pounds. While it was obvious he was overweight this was a shock to me.
I've been worried for his health definitely for the past year. He used to be very active - playing on his school's baseball, soccer, and swim teams since he was little - but as he has gotten larger the physical effort has taken its toll and he quit soccer around six months ago. While he is still on the swim team, technically, he very rarely goes to practice and has only gone to one meet in the past eight months, because having to wear a... (view more)Hey, I'm very worried about my 15 year old son Jack's weight.
Up until around two years ago Jack was fairly slender. Not a stick figure, but certainly not overweight.
But over the past two years he has put on a considerable amount of weight and is now, as of the doctor's check up yesterday, obese.
He is fairly tall for a 15 year old - 5 foot 10, but weighs 203 pounds. While it was obvious he was overweight this was a shock to me.
I've been worried for his health definitely for the past year. He used to be very active - playing on his school's baseball, soccer, and swim teams since he was little - but as he has gotten larger the physical effort has taken its toll and he quit soccer around six months ago. While he is still on the swim team, technically, he very rarely goes to practice and has only gone to one meet in the past eight months, because having to wear a tight speedo makes him very self-conscious of his large belly and beginning manboobs.
While he is still active on the baseball team, two months ago he requested to start playing as catcher rather then outfielder like he used to love. When I pressed him on why he quit soccer and wanted to play catcher he told me that all the running makes him too winded.
Part of the problem is that me and his dad divorced when he was two, and we split custody. He goes to his dad's every weekend, and me and my new Husband (and his half siblings) for the week. I've always wanted to make sure his dad was a part of his life, and overall we are on good terms with my ex - he has his problems which caused our seporation, but he loves his son and is still a lovely human being.
But, the biggest problem is that my ex has fairly severe depression and a mild alcohol problem. He's not a classic drink as soon as he wakes up alcoholic, but he's not always 100% there. He has gained a not-insignificant amount of weight himself putting him over-300lbs, and when Jack (our son) is there I know that he eats just like his father - very poorly and lots of high calorie fast food. So as much as I try to cook healthy, well-planned meals, a lot of the time it feels like an uphill battle.
For instance, a couple weekends ago Jack and his father apparently had a pizza eating contest in which they each got a large meatlovers pizza. Jack ate his full large pizza and then finished the two slices his father couldn't. This was around an hour before I picked him back up, drove him home, and fed him a full dinner. I didn't even hear about the contest until his father told me a few days later when talking on the phone.
Jack just doesn't seem to have an off switch. He will complain that I didn't make enough dinner when he had seconds and me and my husband could barely finish our first helping. If we don't lock down any snacks, we will wake up and find that he snuck to the kitchen overnight and ate a full bag of chips. We pack him healthy, good lunches for school, but I found out a couple weeks ago from one of his teachers that he has been eating both that lunch, as well as spending his allowance on the school lunch.
And he is very selectively aware of his weight problem. When it embarrasses him, like when six months ago he put on a suit he hadnt worn for a few months before for a wedding and split the pants in front of his cousins or when he is in a bathing suit next to a girl he has a crush on, but outside of those situations he is very dismissive and casual about his weight gain. That suit incident happened a few days after I politely suggested we should go find a new suit for the wedding and he insisted that his current suit fit perfectly and he had even 'just tried it on.'
I really want to help him, and I'm willing to go back to court and cut off visits to his dad if I have to, but I just don't think thats the answer. I think he needs to learn to accept his flaws and his size in order to live a healthier lifestyle. (view less)
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From Ben, Child's Age 11 - 04/09/18 - IP#: 185.153.179.xxx Click here to reply
My son has always been chubby, I'm not exactly the best role model as I'm overweight, probably a little obese but not massively so. This last year his weight has exploded and I sort of ignored it and thought he'd grow into it and have a growth spurt or something. Still no growth spurt and he has pushed from about 140 lbs to nearly 200 lbs in a year. I'm a single parent and he's a latch key kid. I don't pay a lot of attention to what he's eating or what I'm eating, but still I wasn't expecting to see such a big change. At the doctors there was no pulling punches, I was told flat out he was very obese and his checkup revealed early signs of some health problems. I've no idea where to start with any of this and need some help with turning things around. Help please.
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From Charles, Child's Age 16 - 04/07/18 - IP#: 76.90.57.xxx Click here to reply
Recently my son Zach has been putting on a good amount of weight. He had started lifting in 9th grade and was decently heavy, but it was nearly all muscle. His weight didn't change for a year, but now I've noticed that a decent layer of fat has been building up on him. His eating habits at home haven't changed and we all eat pretty healthy. He started at around 175, but now hes approaching 195. He plays water polo and still goes to the gym, though a little less often than before. But he doesn't seem to know that hes really getting bigger, his shirts that once fit good, now show his belly, and his speedos at polo are looking really tight. Please help
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From Hahn, Child's Age 8 - 03/04/18 - IP#: 172.58.137.xxx Click here to reply
My son Akamu is obese. When I lived in Hawaii, My wife had died while giving birth so it had been my job as a parent to raise my child as healthy and strong as he could possibly get so I watched what he ate. I had taken him Tim to Illinois (where we currently live) but since he was born and taken here, his weight has just exploded! He is roughly 204 lbs but he is only 8! Recently, however, I had been looking through my YouTube history to find a video I had accidentally left, so I went in there and to my surprise, a video titled "tight fit in the tub" was waiting. I had searched even further and found even more videos of this kind of material and I know it sure that the only ones who have access to the iPad and account are me and my son. I don't know if this is what is influencing my son to gain weight, or any other factors. Help?
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From Janis, Child's Age 12 - 01/19/18 - IP#: 66.91.143.xxx Click here to reply
I need advice from you parents, please! On Tuesday I called to my son Paul's school to pick him up. He had been in a fight in the lunchroom. The next day we (Paul, myself, and my brother, Paul's uncle) went to meet with the assistant principal. All the boys involved are in 7th grade. There is a bully who made has been making fun of one of Paul's friends (Lane) since Lane transferred to the school last fall. Lane is very fat. The bully (Ricky) makes fun of him and other overweight kids (boys and girls) all the time
We were told by the counselor that on Tuesday (according to witnesses), Lane started to cry because Ricky was so mean. My son Paul stood up and told Ricky to stop. Ricky said "Are you going to make me?". Paul said he would if Ricky punched him first. Ricky did and the two boys ended up wrestling on the lunchroom floor. My son ended up on top. The counselor told us that... (view more)I need advice from you parents, please! On Tuesday I called to my son Paul's school to pick him up. He had been in a fight in the lunchroom. The next day we (Paul, myself, and my brother, Paul's uncle) went to meet with the assistant principal. All the boys involved are in 7th grade. There is a bully who made has been making fun of one of Paul's friends (Lane) since Lane transferred to the school last fall. Lane is very fat. The bully (Ricky) makes fun of him and other overweight kids (boys and girls) all the time
We were told by the counselor that on Tuesday (according to witnesses), Lane started to cry because Ricky was so mean. My son Paul stood up and told Ricky to stop. Ricky said "Are you going to make me?". Paul said he would if Ricky punched him first. Ricky did and the two boys ended up wrestling on the lunchroom floor. My son ended up on top. The counselor told us that Paul's story matched what other witnesses said. When we met with the assistant principal, she told us that Paul would be suspended from the wrestling team for the next 4 weeks because the school has a strict "no violence" policy and my son challenged Ricky to the fight! (Paul told us he challenged Ricky to punch first so he---Paul---wouldn't be blamed for starting the fight.) She would not tell us if Ricky has any punishment. She also said that Paul is so big for his age (5'6.5", 225 lbs)that Ricky felt intimidated by him!!!!! I can't get over this. My son comes to the defense of another student and he is made to seem the bad kid. Paul told his uncle and me afterwards that he and his friends (most of whom are chubby/fat) get made fun of all the time and finally he had enough of it and that's how he came to challenge Ricky and that most of the other students are happy he won the fight because maybe now Ricky will keep quiet. Any comments or advice? (view less)
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From Stacy, Child's Age 9 - 12/12/17 - IP#: 143.85.70.xxx Click here to reply
My son is 9 4'10" and 157 lbs., he outweighs his 16 y/o brother and is bigger around than my husband. Clothes shopping is a nightmare and he only wears sweats. Any basic activity has him huffing and puffing and he complains it hurts when he does anything active. We've tried many things to change his (and family) eating habits but he just continues to gain. His peds dr isn't too concerned and says he'll grow into it. But it breaks my heart and I lay in bed and cry sometimes because I know he is not happy and he can't keep up with other kids at school or even do basic things like shower and wipe himself appropriately due to his weight. Feeling kinda lost and just looking for support from other parents who are or have dealt with this.
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From Becky, Child's Age 6 - 12/07/17 - IP#: 69.89.103.xxx Click here to reply
My son is 6 and is 130 lbs. I keep trying to change eating habits and activity levels, but I feel like we are not making any progress. Now Kids are calling him names.
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