@brainstormer
I'm not usually one to pipe up calling mysoginism/bodyshaming, however I wholeheartedly agree.
This flashed me back to my own teens when I would do similar, however I was a size 12 at ten and growing.
If you had listened to me you would have sworn I was starving too, but I guess my body didn't burn it off as easily.
I wonder would the OPs' be raving if their children showed the food or would be be actively discouraging them and appealing to Mumsnet for how to reduce their child's diet and shift the weight.
I would be looking into more of a deficiency for anyone shifting 6+ weetabix for breakfast rather than praising how skinny they were despite what they eat.
My 6ft 4 husband with an active job wouldn't shift that unless that was his only chance to eat all shift.
Overeating should not be applauded in any instance, especially not in teenage years when those behaviours are developing into adult habits.
In regard to those who question why the PP would object to her child eating so much has genuinely baffled me. They are not starving and to many families if there were two teens in a house who ate 6+ weetabix twice a day, that's nearly a tenner a week in just a box of own brand weetabix alone - forget the extras! That would blow our food bill.
Apologies for the rant but this thread has touched a nerve, please encourage better eating habits in your teens!