Thank you so much for adding this topic thread.

I’d like to start by recommending a terrific book on weight loss for children: Trim Kids by Melinda Sothern & T. Kristian von Almen.

I used the book to slim down my then-10 year old two summers ago. In the process I learned that weight gain in children is quite different from weight gain in adults, with different consequences and different responses to dieting.

It’s an incredibly helpful book.