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Younger brother

DaveStubbings
over 12 years ago

Hello everyone,

I've got a 13-year-old brother who currently weighs nearly 23 stone! His current daily diet is made up of (approximately):

4 packets of Walkers plain crips

4 small packets of white chocolate buttons

2 small strawberry yoghurts

bagels

4 bowls of vanilla ice cream

Galaxy chocolate

Sometimes he will have an apple, if I encourage him, and if they're cooked, a couple of pigs in blankets. But that is it.

I don't live at home with him, he lives alone with my mum who has to try and work full-time. Recently my aunt and uncle decided to weigh him while looking after him and that was what it came to.

Does anyone have any advice about how we can get him on new foods, because he simply refuses and runs a mile whenever we suggest trying something? It is hard on my mum also, trying to balance a full-time job with looking after him. Any help for is much appreciated, as I'm worried he could become diabetic or suffer from heart problems, along with other health issues no doubt!

Thanks for any help.

Dave 

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  • over 12 years ago

    You don't say if he's on the autistic spectrum, which would affect how people respond to this thread.

    Also you don't say how tall he is.  Even at 13 he could be over 6 foot, and some children of that age are taller. Even so 23 stone is big, but is not obesity level III (Body Mass Index) for an adult over 6 foot 2, and would be mid range level II for someone 6 foot 6 (for whom the top of the desirable range would be about 16 stone).

    Strikes me four bowls of ice cream is a bit excessive, but the other stuff seems not unusual. There may be more to this and perhaps you need to show more compassion/understanding.

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  • over 12 years ago

    You don't say if he's on the autistic spectrum, which would affect how people respond to this thread.

    Also you don't say how tall he is.  Even at 13 he could be over 6 foot, and some children of that age are taller. Even so 23 stone is big, but is not obesity level III (Body Mass Index) for an adult over 6 foot 2, and would be mid range level II for someone 6 foot 6 (for whom the top of the desirable range would be about 16 stone).

    Strikes me four bowls of ice cream is a bit excessive, but the other stuff seems not unusual. There may be more to this and perhaps you need to show more compassion/understanding.

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