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How usual is it to have Dominos once a week?

133 replies

12purplepencils · 11/08/2025 21:33

Aibu to think this isn't very healthy for a child/teenager? A medium pizza to themselves every single week without fail.

Or am I being judgy? Is this quite common and not a big deal?

I won't give my opinion unless asked but I don't think it's a great message to give to a young person that this is a good routine to carry on, surely would be better to have it fortnightly at least or a smaller pizza 🤔

OP posts:
12purplepencils · 11/08/2025 21:37

Rest of diet not too bad I think, quite limited variety though, hard to get him to try new things and does snack a bit on unhealthy stuff.
He is overweight and sometimes worries about it.

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Notsuchafattynow · 11/08/2025 21:36

Very expensive. But not much different to fish and chips each week?

casualcrispenjoyer · 11/08/2025 21:35

You haven’t said the age of the child so no idea

a 6 year old- objectively not the best but I honestly wouldn’t care enough to start a mumsnet thread on it

12 year old- there are nicer weekly takeaways to have, but nah, not an issue if the rest of the diet is fine

bennybannsider · 11/08/2025 21:35

Yes it would be better to have this meal less often.

Also yes it's quite common to have a takeaway every week and for it to be the same takeaway and same meal every week.

WTDress · 11/08/2025 21:35

I wouldn’t because dominos is expensive and not very nice pizza. My kids have frozen pizza once a week though. It’s bread and vegetables and cheese. Not the end of the world.

Liliwen · 11/08/2025 21:34

My teen would demolish a medium pizza, no bother. I wouldn’t mind if he had one once a week really if he ate healthily in general. It would more be the cost that would bother me- Dominos isn’t cheap

Didnotnailit · 11/08/2025 21:34

My teen could eat a medium. He’s thin as a take and does a tonne of sport. If the rest of the diet is ok i see no issues

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 11/08/2025 21:34

Depends on the rest of their diet.