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I have a little brother (who though i love him very very much) is overweight. Not really badly but it's no longer cute "baby fat". He's 10 years old and has problems running and stuff. It's not his fault. He loves food, and it always puts a smile on his face. If he's upset or mad, my parents will offer him a soda or bowl of icecream. They offer him food when there's no way he can be hungry. I'll come home from swimming practice at 3:00 and be starving. I'll grab a piece of pizza and stick it in the microwave. my mom will see and yell to my little brother who's in his room playing PS2... hey honey... want some pizza? then tell me to cut him a small piece because he just ate lunch an hour ago. he'll come in the room and ask if he can have some chips and a soda w/ it. "of course honey". and she asks why he's overweight. i've tried to make her stop a couple times but she doesn't understand that he's not old enough to make good desicions about what he eats. we got to mcdonalads and he'll order two cheeseburgers,fries, a soda, and a sundae. how do i explain to my parents that they're teaching him bad eating habits and he's gonna end up really fat if they don't cut it out... with out insulting them?
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tell him to stop eating and get his fat ass off the couch, you can't love fat people.
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Hahaha. Thats funny. Whever fatty is depressed they offer him a bowl of ice cream! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Its just like in the movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Please, go back and start feeding jabba again. Im sure he hasnt had food for the past ten minutes and has now gone into a deep depression.
Just tell jabba hes fat and should fast for a week. The body will eat the fat and he'll be in good shape for a lil bit.
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Who care if you insult them. Not Only will he be fat but lazy too. Lissen, Its not healthy to be over weight, early deaths i mean. Like from heart attacks, stroks. If you truly love your brother you will sit down your mother and father and talk to them about it. Maybe when you go swimming (not swimming practice) have him come. Maybe they just are in a habbit to spoil him. Please dont let the boy become fat. Its realy not healthy!!
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who cares if he is fat you must not really love him because you judge on appearance and not what's on the inside
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wow it must be hard having to be like the parent. theres no way to explain to parents how its partly their fault. you can do lyk n intervention thing lyk video tape but that may be to harsh. or lets say ur parents pack your brothers lunch the next time this comes up tell them what they pack and how you give him the food. its probably to hard to explain y he may be overweight. theres no way to say stop eating junk food cus hey kids love food and especially junk food lyk me lol but im not that young im 18 and still hate working out. if hes good at ne sports lyk basketball baseball soccer football that he actualy enjoys maybe he cud be on a team.
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I'm so sorry for you, this is your parents job! Since you have to be the mature one in this situation, I'd go to somone they will listen to. If you have already attempted talking to them then ask a doctor or nutritionist (a profestional) to talk with you and your parents. You will probably end up telling them the same stuff, but if they need to hear the harsh version then tell them like it is (being fat = diabetes, heart failure, and ultimately and early death. He may be eating years off of his life). If/when they decide that changes need to be made then first have a family discussion about eating habit/lifestyle changes that the family will make together (so that your brother doesn't feel picked on). Say ( in the familiy discussion) that the family will still keep ice cream, but ice cream is for after dinner. Dont do anything too drastic unless you want to scare him and cause bad feelings. Make sure that he know that eating junk food is ok, just not all of the time. If you awnt to help out father then you can also set the example and ask your parents to do the same. Put the fruit and vagtables in the front of the fridge. Make a healthy snack basket (w/ rasins, yougurt, applesauce, etc). If he has oppinions then let him have his say (remember, this is a family change). If you feel like it would be appropriate then maybe even offer to walk around the neighborhood with him three times a week (or something). I hope that your parents realize that what they are doing can be detrimental to his health, and I commend you on standing up for him.
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The only way I could think of is to tell your parents straight that they aren't helping your little brother to lessen his weight. When you say this to your parents, tell it in a way that you're not raising your voice or you're like angry. Just saying something so important. If they don't realize it still then you can continue on saying it always until your parents will realize. Repeating it will let them know it's that important.
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i think you need to act quickly .. and i would have a meeting with my parents. make sure they know you're not seeking more attention or anything childish like that .. but that you're doing it purely out of concern. tell them he should be involved in physical activity like a sport he might like, and he needs to eat in better proportions. you could even get a copy of the food pyramid and show them how off balance he is .. but try to be delicate with whatever you do, because parents are sensitive when it comes to how they treat their kids. good luck!
x o x Casey
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Well, I think that you should just try to cut him off cold turkey. Find out the food he doesn't like and eat everything in your house but that. He may not like it but it will be worth it to see him become the aryan we all want him to be.
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