DS (14) is insatiable! I know he's a growing teen and all that, but this is another level. (I think). He has ASD and has never been able to tell when he is full. If there is something he likes, he will eat until he vomits. He has done this right from weaning, it's not a new thing. We've kept an eye on him and used tricks like clearing the table when we feel he's eaten a decent portion, plating food in the kitchen, having snacks he doesn't particularly like. However now he's stopping on his way home from school and buying snacks.
He comes home alone on Mondays, I'd left him a generous snack (handful of peanuts, mandarin and packet of rice crackers) in the hope he wouldn't raid the cupboard and help himself. Turns out he's already bought and eaten an entire packet of Pringles and something else whilst waiting for the bus. He felt so ill after eating all that that he didn't do any homework.
He won't learn from it, his brain doesn't work like that.
I don't know how to deal with it. Any suggestions?
I'd like to get an easy to understand book on nutrition & health (mental and physical) that's aimed at young teens to leave in his room.
He doesn't do much sport (dyspraxia) as he hates it and currently wears a mens L in clothing.