My DD (just turned 16) is extremely thin. I think she has a shot metabolism so needs to start eating more, which she wants to do. She struggles as she doesn’t feel hungry so eating is a real chore. I make sure she has breakfast every day and she takes a bag of crisps and biscuit to school (I’ve given up with anything else as we would be disposing of multiple bananas, apples, sandwiches etc at the end of the week. She has money to use at school but will often not get anything. she often comes out of school generally starving and will then eat her crisps and biscuit, then will come in and grab something else like a bagel. Then come dinner she’s not hungry again or she says she has a tummy ache. She does eat dinner but not much.
at the weekend if I’m not in she will go the whole day without eating it’s just not on her radar.
she really hates how slim she is so has asked to join the gym to try and get more of a figure which I have agreed to on the basis she needs to start eating more food, as I’ve explained that there is no point until she eats enough to nourish herself first before she will have anything left for muscle gain.
does anyone have any good recipes or ideas for higher calories meals and snacks that aren’t cakes/crisps etc . I have googled but wondered if anyone had any advice.
any tips massively helpful
ps she was referred to the hospital for low weight a few years ago and there are no underlying health conditions or mental ill health. She has suffered with anxiety on and off so I do think the tummy aches are often related to that but she has had talking therapy for anxiety which has had a massive impact and helped