Where to buy clothes for overweight kids?

jumpedtheshark

If you can't fix the diet without the mum's help, could you exercise with him on days he's with you? With some extra muscle on him, he'll be able to burn off a few more of the calories the mum's piling onto him. You might also consider getting him some barbells or something he could exercise with in his room (an old Wii fit even) at her house. That way, it will just turn on his motivation and he won't need mum's support with it.

rpc

At that level of obesity, I would be getting dad to go to the doctor and possibly involve social services (or at least the school).

I'm not convinced about the source data, but I just put his size into a growth (BMI) chart for 5-18 year olds and he was at the top of it. Well above the 99th centile.

IMO the mother is abusing her child. Irreversible damage could be caused if this is not dealt with.

**Patty**

My son was born on the 95th centile.

I think we may need a little perspective here

adouglasmhor

Robin_TBW wrote: »

Buy him clothes that are too small for him and tell him you couldn't find anything that'd fit and maybe that'll get him to realise he needs to lose weight.

I always thought the W or TBW stood for Wonder, I was wrong all these years. What a horrid suggestion.

rpc

**Patty** wrote: »

My son was born on the 95th centile.

I think we may need a little perspective here

For weight or for BMI? My son was born on the 91st for weight and my daughters are currently on the 91st and 98th for weight respectively. That doesn't make them obese (they are also high on the length/height centiles).

OP's stepson is way way over the appropriate weight for his height. Further lines weren't plotted on the chart I accessed, but he was so far over the 99.6 centile that I suspect he is over the 100th centile (classed as an "outlier"). That is a BMI chart which takes account of the height/weight balance.

This level of obesity can (and probably will) cause significant health complications. It should not be allowed to continue unchecked and if the mother persists in ignoring it then bigger guns need brought to bear.

mrcow

**Patty** wrote: »

My son was born on the 95th centile.

I think we may need a little perspective here

At that height and weight, you have all the perspective you need!

This is a 13 year old child who is 5 stone overweight.