Help with Child Alway Hungry!!!!!!!

T.,
I would take her off anything, even natural, aimed for an adult right away. Even herbal remedies can be dangerous in the wrong dosages.
Some kids tend to gain or hold weight more. Since you are concerned and your doc doesn't seem to be, get a second opinion from another ped or a nutritionist. You are already eating healthy, so get her involved in activities that require physical fitness, like soccer or gymnastics. You say she eats when home, but doesn't over eat when out, so get her out more-even just for a walk or to play in the yard. Sounds like she is eating out of boredom!
As a SPED teacher, I can tell you that being overweight is not a single indicator of ADD. And drugs to control such things have different effects on kids-some gain, some lose.
And remember that she is most likely feeling immense pressure from you to lose the weight already, which may cause her to eat even more.
Good luck!

Forget the ADD junk, she's bored!! Food obviously entertains her, so find something more entertaining for her to do while at home. It's summer time, make her go out and play and burn off some extra wheight you said she's gained. It use to be that kids would be outside all day long and you wouldn't see them until dinner, now days they barely go outside at all.

I agree with Tori H and Bethani A take her off the Slimshot, do not get her on any other medication or supplement and stick to the healthy whole foods. Exercise is really important also. Make a game of it by playing soccer with her the yard or jump rope with her. If you can't get out of the house all the time try distracting her with a craft project. Kids get bored real easy try to find her a hobby that you and her can enjoy together (not in front of the television). Another thing is make sure she is drinking enough water. Have her drink a glass 30 minutes before mealtime and snacktime. Water helps us feel full so it helps us not to over eat.

Hope this helps because the habits we learn as kids are the habits we keep as adults.

I think you need to find a new doctor. And possibly a psychologist too.

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Yes, get her off those supplements ASAP, that is not good for her body or her mind. Remember that the examples we set as adults are carried through our child's lives forever. You don't want her to have food/diet issues later on too. You also really do not want to put her on a prescription that she doesn't need just so she'll lose weight, that is not okay. Start with the things that you can control, like what she's putting in her body and the exercise that she gets.

As another poster mention, start with getting healthy foods in and other stuff out. High Fructose Corn Syrup really is the devil! I too have read a lot about it and it is not good, those commercials are paid for by the corn growers assoc. after all! I think you need to be realistic, and it is hard to get rid of every single "junk" food thing in your house cold turkey, but giving fresh fruits and veggies and lunch meat without preservatives is a good and easy start. Also if you buy a lot of chips, think about getting pretzels or baked chips. Instead of ice cream, try frozen yogurt....just little changes could make a big difference. Read labels and buy fresh, the less ingrediets the better. Take your daughter shopping with you and let her pick out some things to eat or try, let her have a hand in the making of meals and snacks so she's more invested.

It might be fun to make a chart for her to reference as to what time meals and snacks are. It makes it easier for you to not have to answer all the time and she'll know when to expect it. You could also have her choose the menu (or at least part of it) the day before and you could do your schedule one day in advance so she always knows what's coming.

Lastly, I would make sure you're taking advantage of the cool summer weather and getting her to the park, the pool, riding bikes, playing games, etc. Exercise will not only help take the weight off but it will strengthen her heart and mind too!

Just a few suggestions, good luck!

I have a few thoughts for you. Cravings and hunger are signals from the body. They are like a crying baby...you have to figure out what is the body trying to tell you.

The number one reason for cravings and hunger is the body is looking for nutrition. Food that comes in bags, boxes and packages lacks nutrition. I would make a list of your daughters favorite whole food (whole foods = food without labels) snacks. Make sure you keep an adequate supply of these favorite whole foods on hand for her to eat. Kids love to dip foods. Search for healthy dips for her to use with her favorite whole foods.

Have your daugther help you to be a food detective. First look for the words high fructose corn syrup. When you find this on a label, don't eat it. High Fructose Corn Syrup causes the body to crave sugar. It shuts off the natural signal the body gives for the feeling of "satisfied". High fructose corn syrup is highly chemicalized and you will find it in about every kind of packaged canned or boxed food today. It has a harmful effect on our health despite what you hear on the TV ads today.

I have many more thoughts about this issue. Too numerous to mention here.

These are a couple of my suggestions to try.

She is just a kid! Unless your dr. gives her supplements, you probably shouldn't either. If it were me, and only if it were me and my child, I would start with a multivitamin. (sometimes we crave things our body needs) Then I would clean out all the junk in the house for a while. Make sure that you have cut up fruit and veggies--healthy stuff that she can eat as much as she wants and it not hurt. Make sure that she sees you and your husband eating those thing, too. (This is what worked for me when my daughter, now 11, went through a ridiculous growth spurt - she was constantly hungry.)
The next thing you probably should do is think about ways you can encourage these healthy snacks without saying "fat" or "over-weight." You don't want your daughter to have an obsession with food because you've made it such a big deal. No, we don't want our children to be overweight(for health reasons), but we don't want them to have a distorted reality to eating. It sounds like you've put so much focus on this, that she eventually will too. You don't want her to become anorexic or bulemic... it happens all too easy. Like I said, with my daughter, I put that healthy stuff out, and told her that if she was hungry, she had to have fruit or veggies for a snack (I did let her pick some of them). I kept dinner at a set time, and now she makes those kinds of choices b/c she knows I'll let her eat apples or peanut butter before I let her pull down a bag of chips.