From tom, Child's Age 15 - 06/29/05 - IP#: 69.241.25.xxx Click here to reply
My son is only 11 and already weighs over 175. He is only 5'2 so as you can imagine he is getting dangerously large. I don't know what to do. He just eats non-stop, which i guess is partially my fault. He just eats sweets and junk food all day long. He hardly ever goes outside, and just sits inside and watches tv...and gets fatter! What should I do?
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From Suzannah, Child's Age 12 - 06/27/05 - IP#: 64.12.116.xxx Click here to reply
Hi...I am looking for other parents of overweight kids who want to email back and forth with support and ideas. My daughter is 12 and over 150 lbs. She is the sweetest thing and suffers so much from the kids teasing her. She has stretch marks on her belly, hips and legs. I know how she feels because I was a "fat child" and food addicted too. I have learned a lot and keep my house really healthy with no junk or soda. Unfortunately, her dad (we are divorced) keeps all sorts of garbage and feeds her junk food when he has her. I have tried appealing to him and even brought him to a nutritionists office. She explained the health problems our daughter could be facing and where he needed to improve. Nothing worked. He still gives her all the same junk food. I have talked to her about learning to make better choices no matter WHAT is offered to her, but I know how hard it is.
Can anyone relate? My heart breaks for her because I know how much her self esteem has suffered and I want to help.
Oh...a positive thing...we are going to Curves together!
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From marie, Child's Age 12 - 06/27/05 - IP#: 198.182.163.xxx Click here to reply
...just a couple comments on the "healthy choices", I know your intentions are good ones but...peanut butter vs, caramel..as p.b is heart healthy and will lower cholesterol, fruit snacks(maybe you meant fruit as a snack?, but fruit snacks have 120 calories per serving and one piece of fruit has 50, and fiber to fill you and fruit snacks are one of the number one dental decayers. Another thing is always, always read your labels if it has hydrogenated oils in it..put it back..very bad for the heart. I would not recommend splenda for children it is made with chlorine which a lot of people are unaware of. It also has not been tested on children...adam and eve make a flavored water that is only diluted down juice, which really can be made at home. Stick to foods that are grown in the ground, not chemically produced...they may cut calories but will not improve health.
From Arianna, Child's Age 16 - 06/27/05 - IP#: 24.14.155.xxx Click here to reply
Heres a list of some healthy snack alternatives that children might enjoy.
1.Baskin Robbins frozen yogurt compared to other ice cream places such as coldstone,oberweis,etc.
2.Baked lays snack chips
3.sliced apples with caramel dip
4.corn puffs
5.healthy choice tv dinners
6.granola bars and fruit snacks
7.natural flavored water
Also healthy alternatives that one would use in every day cooking would be splenda which contains half the calories of regular sugar, miracle whip which has 75 percent less fat then mayonaise, chicken instead of beef, and having three servings of dairy a day helps burn fat faster. Hope this helps.
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From Susan, Child's Age 8 - 06/24/05 - IP#: 64.163.232.xxx Click here to reply
Everyone is getting what I had to say to that little girl,wrong. I am happy that she has an opinion, not many children do. I just think that my little girl needs to get advise from children who know how she feels. Not from someone who has been thin all her/his life and think that what they have to say is going boost her self esteem. There are kids on this site who have been overweight and lost weight and my daughter has read what they had to say and she feels because they can do it so can she. I just feel that if has actually gone through what she is going through that makes a difference for all these children. And by the way,Morgan, I do know what my child is going throw. I was an overweight child myself. I know not to push the weight issue on her. Her and I are very close because I went through the same thing that she is going through now. Again, I apologize if anyone on this website felt I was wrong to let that little girl know how I feel about her giving advice. Forgive Me.
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From to susan - 06/24/05 - IP#: 69.177.110.xxx Click here to reply
geez susan, she was just trying to help and ya its true. parents dont notice wat their kids throw in the carriage at the store....its their fault and the parents fault. some kids DO help on this site, just dont pay attention to those posts if u dont want to see them
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From Kelsee - 06/20/05 - IP#: 68.0.210.xxx Click here to reply
Ok, I know im only 14 years old but i have some things to say. The growing weight of our children isn't the kids fault. Its the parents. Its not us kids that do the grocery shopping. I mean sure, most kids should control what they eat, but parents need to lead by example. There are soo many delicious healthy meals you can make, an awesome healthy substitutes! your whole family will feel sooo much better! and take family walks after dinner. Summer is an excellent time to get some excersice. take advantage of all the fruits in season, and use the beautiful whether to spend time outsdie. i can guarantee everyone in your family will look and feel healthier, plus youll grow closer as a family. hope i helped and good luck! great job knowing we need to be healthier!
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From Caris, Child's Age 17 - 06/20/05 - IP#: 84.67.234.xxx Click here to reply
I wrote a while back about the problems I was having with my (450lb) daughter. I tried getting her to exercise carrying the weight around was too much for her. She'd go a few feet, but after heaving her bulk that far, she'd be panting, sweating, crying for me to let her stop.
After a few days she just gave up, and she's put on more and more weight. I'm sure she's pushing around 500ish now. She's only 5'1. She doesn't bother to move very often now (only from the sofa to the bathroom) I have to have her brothers help her stand. She can't get up under her own power anymore.
I'm so worried, because it's my poor daughter under that mound of blubber. She looks lost in it. I've asked the doctor to do a house call, but he said he can't do that. And she can't phsyically walk as far as the car anymore.
Seriously, when her brothers help her up, she's panting from lifting the weight. And the walk into the bathroom just about kills her. I think she's going to die, and no one will help me.
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From Joan, Child's Age 15 - 06/11/05 - IP#: 152.163.100.xxx Click here to reply
My daughter spent 6 months in Spain with a host family and came back almost 50 pounds heavier. I cannot believe the change---her stomach has two rolls, she has back fat and her rear is enormous. I had a talk with her and she says in Spain, boys like women with a little meat, and she doesn't plan to lose the weight. I had bought her a new dress, size 10 but she is now at least an 18.
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From Matte, Child's Age 8 - 06/06/05 - IP#: 212.112.167.xxx Click here to reply
Hi I am morbidly obese man myself (over 400). I have an 8 yo son that lives with me part time. My concern is that he is getting real chubby weighing 150 pounds or more being 4'6 tall. He has until a couple of months ago been able to run around with kids his age, but now he is to heavy for that, having gained 20 pounds so far this year. I am really worried that he will develop my eating and weight problems.
He eats good meals usually but snacks alot, often going from one friends home to another being offered snacks. Unfortunately I am too fat to play or go out with him so he spends a lot of time with other families, so I dont know what he eats during the day. In the evening we eat together and he always wants 2 or 3 servings and as I eat a lot its hard for me to say no. We used to snack together a lot, but I have started hiding the snacks until he is asleep.
Any ideas what I can do more, I know I should change my own eating habits, but thats so hard. Anyone in the same situation, or someone having any ideas what I could do?
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From Debbie, Child's Age 15 - 06/05/05 - IP#: 68.47.253.xxx Click here to reply
Hi, my daughter is 15, 5'6, and 275! She eats NON-STOP!!! Yesterday, I took her to the running track and she went around half way and had to stop! She was determined to go a mile though, but it took her 45 minutes. We went to the pool last week and she insisted on wearing a bikini..........and.........her stomach hung OVER HER WAIST!!!!!!! And what's more, she ate the whole time. I went in her room and there were candy rappers everywhere (chocolate mostly). She just doesnt seem to care though. Whenever I say something to her she just cries, and if I tell her not to eat something, she has a fit! The doctor told her very nicely she needed to lose weight, and she had a fit on her too. That was 2 months ago, since then she's put on 10 pounds!!! Me and my husband are very fit. We both work full-time so she walks places and buys food I think. She is an only child so she is used to just getting everything she wants.......and i guess that includes food. She NEEDS HELP!!!!!!!
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From Laura, Child's Age 8 - 06/02/05 - IP#: 195.93.60.xxx Click here to reply
My daughter is 8 and weights 150 pounds. She has a really big flabby belly. Yesterday her teacher said fatso to her. What can I do against it?
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From ? - 05/29/05 - IP#: 205.188.116.xxx Click here to reply
y'LL IS MEAN I CAN BELIEVE YALL YOU SHOULD LOVE YOUR CHILDRED FOR WHO THEY ARE INSTEAD OF KEEP TRYING TO TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE OVERWEIGHT OR WHICH YALL WANT TO SAY "FAT" WACTH KEEP ON THEY ARE GOING TO BE THROWING UP IN THE TOILET OR THEY ALREADY ARE AND I BET SOME OF YALL ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY OR SOME FEELING BAD I COULD NOT WRITE ABOUT MY CHILD ON THE INTERNET ****HE IS A GOOD KID AND IS ON THE HIGH HONERS DOES WHAT **** IS SUPOSE TO DO I MAD THIS SITE CAME UP ON MY COMP.
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From Kelsee - 05/26/05 - IP#: 68.0.210.xxx Click here to reply
hello everyone. i just wanted to give you parents some advice from a kids point of veiw. im 14 and beginning to healthfully lose some weight. one of the best things you can do for you kids is get the junk food out of the house. believe me, it will help, and if its not there you cant get at it. im sure your kids will find something healthy they can learn to love (personally, i would much rather have a peice of fruit anyway)..and if they ask for something, dont give it to them!!! its your responsibility!! and start making healthy dinners, there are some great low fat cook books out there, and some healthy dishes are great for kids!! also, youve probably heard of 100 calories packs...delicious!! there baked snacks in orea, chips ahoy, ritz snack mix, and tons more, and there only 100 calories and sooo good!! also, popcorn is a great snack..for excerise, start taking family walks after dinner. it will really make a difference and youll even get to spend time as a family. hope i helped!
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From +*+*+ - 05/20/05 - IP#: 195.93.21.xxx Click here to reply
im classed as 'morbidly obese'and I gave birth to my beautiful daughter carmen 4 months ago who is an extremley healthy little girl, but, ive got the feeling im going to find it really difficult to be running around with her in a couple of years time as its physically impossible for me to run as my legs rub together and my belly hangs so much i dont know what to do!!!, the birth was so difficult because of my weight too!, and i definatly want more kids in the future my sister sasha had a little boy called leo who is now 3 and obese allready ( he wears 9-10 year old shorts for trousers!!!) like sasha who is actually amazingly, enourmous. and i dont want my carmen to turn out fat!!!, 2 pf my sisters and one brother and all their childern are scarily fat and WE NEED HELP!!!
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