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From Delia, child's age 13

Hello everyone, I'm new to this site and I suppose that most everybody here has the same kind of problem that I do. My 13 year old son is about 20-30 lbs overweight. It doesn't help that he's short, either. Anyway, it breaks my heart because he's very self conscious about it. I've tried to help him, but nothing seems to work. We went to Weight Watchers, which sucked because there aren't any CHILDRENS WW in our area, so we had to go to an adult one. This was totally boring for him. So boring, in fact, that he lost interest. He was pretty good about sticking to the program, but being that he's 13 and spends a lot of time at other peoples houses and stuff like that, I can't keep track of everything he's eating. The other thing is -- he's growing. I turned around the other day and realized that he's now taller than me, so naturally, that would affect the scale. I think our biggest problem is that he has absolutely no interest in sports of any kind. The only thing he likes that remotely resembles activity is Scottish dance. Unfortunately, this is only a once a week class. It's hard to even get him to go on a walk with me and the dogs...it's like pulling teeth. He seems to want nothing more than to sit in his room and play his guitar, flute, and piano. This is great, but it's not exercise. Now, his weight is getting him depressed and he socializes less and less, and the depression is making him eat more. I'm in tears over this and I feel totally helpless because he's such a sweet, wonderful kid. Any tips from anyone would be appreciated. Thanks.