know of a website or exercise program and diet program for teens or something for someone just starting out. He is to young to be weighing this much.
Thanks for your help and God Bless!
2007-05-06 09:46:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
dieting for weight loss will not solve your son's problem if the level of exercise is not increased. medical study has already shown that for those with the genetic predisposition for obesity will regain any weight loss through the diet alone if regular exercise is not added into the daily lifestyle.
once weight is lost through diet only the metabolism will slow allowing weight to be regained. the diet must be changed and regular exercise must be added. the human body is not designed to be sedentary.
2007-05-06 10:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him to the Doctor. Don't waste your time with Internet Diets or any other fad diets. I hope you realize this will be a change for your whole family. I would talk to your Dr about possible a diabetic diet plan it is one of the healthiest and easiest to do you will find recipes easy to find and many are inexpensive. A doctor will also monitor his progress and try to find healthy ways dealing with being overweight(mentally). I was overweight as a child and there are many mental aspects that people don't realize. Its not all about the Big Mac and Upsizing those are easy targets.
A recent pediatrics convention in Canada found a direct link to absentee fathers figure and weight gain tho this may be true it would only be part of a bigger picture. I would personally say my weight gain was due to stress and absentee family my mother had to go to work after my father was in a big car accident leaving my sister and me to fend for ourselves. So take into consideration your family Dynamic as well as what is on the plate.
2007-05-06 10:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by emmandal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first look at the rest of the family, are any of you obese as well?
If so you should address the problem as a group. If not there may be a medical reason underlying the weight gain.
at 15 he will have a great chance of getting the pounds off and keeping them off!! If he keeps the weight on in his twenties it will be harder and harder to get it off.
For many Americans children diet and activity are big problems.
at 240 he should be getting at least 10 glasses of water a day and no pop or no more than 1 pop a day.
for activity, group activity is a great answer go for walks together or play hoops etc..
this problem is urgent but solvable, get creative and work together for a solution
Good Luck
2007-05-06 10:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by ZebraFoxFire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure that joining him in an exercise program is going to be something he would relish doing. I wonder if you could become active together as a family. Possibly playing catch, volleyball, tennis, ect. If you make it fun for him he won't realize he is exercising. My last thought is to find out if you have a YMCA by you. If so they have a fitness program for his age for using the weight room which would allow him to use all the equipment.
2007-05-06 09:55:18 · answer #4 · answered by ireallydoknowitall 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember that as a parent, it's on you to teach your kids the things that they won't learn in school or on their own. You are a mentor, a guide, and an inspiration! Getting healthy should be a family activity that everyone participates in together.
2007-05-06 10:00:17 · answer #5 · answered by YellowIndigo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, you have to get him off fast food. Likely that is his problem. How about both of you joining the YMCA. Or surely he has a friend that would join with him. Now is a great time to start. Can you imagine the teasing he gets at school? Help him by fixing him healthy food at home and getting him out for some exercise. He will feel so much better about himself. You also have to explain the health risks to him. With his weight at 240 at age 15, he is a likely candidate for diabetes and heart disease. Offer to help.
2007-05-06 09:52:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
technically you got to stop buying fatty food or taking him to fast foods either. And you need to put him in the fitness program.
I'm not trying to be mean or anything, i just think you need to take better care of what he eats. He may be a teen but you're still his mother and you got to enforce it. Also since you say he is inactive, take away all the tv and computer from him until get gets off his butt and start getting into hobbies and fitness program. try weight watchers as well.
2007-05-06 09:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by mystic_lonewolf22 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
summer is coming up and all kids love to swim-so the ymca answers are good-but he is definetly on course to develop type 2 diabetes...kids don't understand the severity of that so as a parent it is definetly up to you to get him started on some kind of diet/exercise program...your pediatrician may have some ideas also...my son has type 1 diabetes and trust me-it is something no one wants...
2007-05-06 10:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by trixibel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whoa. That is large! As a parent, you have the responsibility of controlling what he eats and when he exercises, so you should put him on a physician-supervised, low-fat diet immediately, as well as a comprehensive exercise program designed to help him build positive life habits.
2007-05-06 09:54:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
see if any of his friends would be interestted in joining the local ymca. that would give him someone his age to workout with. the one in my town has basketball, racketball, and swimming which are all things boys like. good luck.
2007-05-06 09:52:11 · answer #10 · answered by pam s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋