Hi, I always knew my 11 year old was on the chunky side but was quite horrified when I found out today she weighs 11 stone. She is tall for her age (170cm) so I think she was hiding it really well. In a bid to get her more active we had bought a cross trainer and to set up her profile she had to enter her weight. She is very upset about what she weighs but she loves food so much that I think it's going to be a hard task for her to eat healthily. I totally know what eating healthily means as I studied nutrition at Uni but I think it's so much harder to deal with when it's your own flesh and blood. I'm really scared of her developing some horrid eating disorder. My mum was always obsessed with her weight and consequently I am always aware of what I'm eating and weigh.
Apart from the obvious of increase the activity levels and cut out unhealthy snack and drinks does any-one have any other advice?
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40thisisit · 03/04/2015 19:21
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