Ds10 obese

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I am now getting really concerned with ds10 weight, which was put on mainly over lockdown.
He has always been slightly bigger for his age usually wearing one size bigger in clothes, so age 9-10 when he was 8 for example, but now age 10 he is wearing either small or medium mens and it's really worrying me.

Before lockdown he was very active and was doing football 4 times a week running around at school and playing after, he is now back at football but the damage has been done and I can see him struggling.
He weighs around 9st 10 and is about 5ft he carries most of his weight around his belly and the rest of him is just solid, for context he is also a twin and his brother is just under 5ft and weighs just over 6st and wears size 12-13 clothes purely just for his height.

I do cook as healthy as I can they both only have sweets once a week and both eat lots of fruit but not much veg without a fight.
I know they say to maintain weight, but I think he needs to lose some to be healthier going forward. So any advice?

I wouldn't panic yet, but keep an eye on things.
lots of my DC's friends put on weight in school aged 9-11, and looked like they were probably overweight or obese. They then had a massive growth spurt in high school aged 12-13. At fourteen they've all evened out.

At ten can they (twins) walk or cycle themselves to school. You can add exercise into both their days easily that way.

@MyDcAreMarvel I'm not minimising anything at all, without me posting a pic of my ds I'm trying to explain that yes he is overweight, but looking at him as an overweight person in general they would have rolls and be flabby! He isn't that but more muscular especially round his legs, which is obviously due to football and cycling so some of the weight could possibly be muscle.

Atm they can't really ride to and from school on their own due to my working hours, they need to be picked up and taken to childcare as I often work straight after school so have to give them dinner and get straight back out of the house.

I feel like he will likely lose it as he grows and he is quite tall for his age, but I want to catch it now before he goes to secondary as I'm sure it will be harder for me to control.