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Finding Clothes for my Overweight Daughter / Weight issues

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Haznot · 28/04/2021 10:32

...a bit of Context:
My daughter is 10 years old and is between 7st-7.5st (unsure exactly as I try not to weigh her often), she's put on more weight over lockdown although she's always been big boned. She's active outdoors if the weather is good and does several sports (Martial Arts, Football, Climbing, Swimming, Sailing). She has a compulsion when it comes to food (hiding food, stealing food like crackers, fruit, cereal etc) but this has largely stopped since she started taking medication for her ADHD. Although the medication suppresses her appetite she still hasn't lost any significant weight (as far as I can see).

My husband is built like a rugby player but his family is overweight/obese, I'm small / petit (8.5st) so are my family and my son. I cook from scratch and there are no chocolate, sweets or takeaways etc in the house other than on occasions. I'm at a loss as to how to help my daughter with her weight issues

My other issue is that she wears age 13-14 clothes but she doesn't have the height to wear some of it (unless it's cropped). Is there a clothing company that have larger sizes for children or are more generous?

Thanks for any help.

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TeaAndStrumpets · 28/04/2021 10:52

My daughter got quite tubby in her early teens so I sympathise. It can be so demoralising. One thing I did was buy her a really nice pair of fashionable jeans, they come in all sizes and can be shortened very easily. It boosted her confidence no end. I have observed, though, that sometimes children grow sideways for a while before growing upwards!

ItWasntMyFault · 28/04/2021 11:01

You could try www.sturdykids.co.uk not sure what it's like for girls but my partner has bought stuff so his ds on there before and it was pretty good.

aiwblam · 28/04/2021 11:04

Get the 13-14 trousers and shorten them

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