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From Pete, child's age 16

Hello! I discovered two years ago that my son, then 13-14 years old, had been looking at "gainer" pages on the net. He has always been bigger, but I think he has deliberately gained weight the last two years. I didn't do much, thought it was a phase, but obviously not. Now with 16, he weighs around 280 lbs and is quite big. I know it isn't possible to "forbid" a 16 year old eating (he will just eat somewhere else), but how should I handle this situation? I'm not really sure. I don't mind him being bigger, but not so big that it'll be a health problem down the road, hopefully. Any tips/ideas on how to handle this?