9yo DS constantly asking for food

[Exileinengland1999]

My 9 year old DS is constantly asking for food - like ALL the time. He isnt overweight and does a lot of exercise but it's literally every 10 mins.
He's been at home today recovering from a bug and this is what he has had (I haven't done weekly shop yet so actually haven't had much to give him)
2 weetabix & full fat milk
Rye bread toast with butter & marmite

Spaghetti hoops & a whole meal pitta with butter for lunch and a tangerine

Large plate of 3 fish fingers , peas & McCain chunky oven chips for tea plus a bowl of raisins and dried apricots. He also finished his sisters tea.

To me, this seems like a decent amount of food. The rye bread is pretty filling as is the whole meal pitta. Am I not feeding him enough? Am genuinely a bit worried as the asking for food is getting ridiculous - I got annoyed earlier as not sure how to handle it.

Aibu to think this is a normal amount of food? It hasnt been the healthiest day as I need to go shopping but he's asking every day.

Some nights when he goes to after school club he's literally eating from about 20 minutes after coming in until he has his shower and goes to bed!

I know you have stated that this isn't a typical day op, but where are the veg?
Vegetables are really filling because they are bulky.
Try roasted veg, baked beans, carrot batons etc if he doesn't like typical boiled/steamed veg.
If he's the correct weight he is obviously eating the right amount of calories, but if he is still hungry you need to give him slightly less calorie dense food so he is actually eating more but still getting the same calories.

That's not much food imo. Big breakfast but other meals not huge. My 5yo dd would eat that.

id just say that my 9.5 year old eats a fair bit more than that . hes not overweight btw. after dinner hell eat fruit, then yogurt then cheese and crackers. goes on for ages!

Yep, more good, lower percentage of carbs. More cheese, yoghurt, etc.

And I agree with the PP you told to fuck off. I'd just give him close to what you eat. My 8yo eats the same as me, but 4/5 of the portion I'd have.

BTW.. My 4yo would eat what you've listed (minus the rye bread).

More *food

My dsd is just like this - a real skinny minny who doesn't snack but otherwise eats like a horse. This is what I feed her (please don't judge OP)

Breakfast - 3 egg scrambled eggs, 1 slice of home-made wholewheat bread with butter, a big glass of cold milk. Sometimes she'll eat a whole avocado too. She used to eat brekkie at school but stopped because portions were too small for her

Lunch - Roast chicken or pork, mash potato, peas, and gravy, and a nectarine with a glass of milk (school dinner). She will often have seconds if available.

Dinner - Plate full of salad (I make it everyday to ensure she eats healthily with spinach and carrots and radishes), three home-made wholewheat chapattis, 2-4 bowls of lentil dal, enough boiled rice to sink the titanic probably, and she will literally eat home-made veg curry until one of us tells her to stop. She'll have a big glass of milk afterwards. And maybe some cheese when she's super hungry.

She is very active - lots of activities but I do get judged a lot when she eats in public. The school even got me to get the GP to test her for worms

Sounds like a growth spurt to me. Plus he needs more protein. At that age DS1 would have eaten three times the amount you've listed OP and still have asked for more. Eggs, cheese, milk, yogurts, lean meat etc are very filling. Give him more of these and more veggies if you want to fill him up. Porridge and whole grain cereals are filling too. If you think he's hard to fill now wait until he''s 15 - nightmare!

I teach Year Four. Some of the kids in my class eat a massive amount of food! I'm talking to skinny girls here. He is probably having a growth spurt.

Protein and fat are your friends here, just pour them in.

I have two boys, now I have no food...

My DD is 9 and she's very skinny and tall. She sometimes asks every ten minutes OP. It's WEARING because I'm always trying to think of something which will be healthy.

I think it's easy to get hung up on healthy eating for children and what that actually means for them.

As fat bastard adults we need to eat a totally different diet, well I do anyway.

I think one of the most important things to avoid for kids is sugar, whereas some of the right fat in their diet is necessary for them.

For example I have low fat dairy but the kids eat full fat.

We avoid giving ours sweets and empty calorie stuff like crisps. Instead we give them fruit and nuts for snacks. Nuts are very good for kids. We also give them water to drink.

I also think kid's breakfast cereals are to be avoided as they're so high in sugar.

Sugar is their enemy. Where I live we have a terrible problem with tooth decay in young children, with many children having to have all their first teeth out as they are rotten. That's just awful!