OT: child who wants to eat all the time, obsessed with food

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I have been searching and googling for the last couple

of hours trying to find a site where I could ask about parenting an

overweight child. You see, in addition to my son, age 3, I have

a " NT " daughter age 8. Dd is obsessed with food, never seems to know

when she is full/hungry (it seems she thinks feeling " not full " is

the same as being hungry), is very picky but overeats, always wants

junkfood, etc. I'm just so frustrated because dh & I are fairly

healthy eaters (rarely eat refined sugar, eat fruits, veges, home

cooked meals, etc.) Dd will overeat if given the opportunity & then

spends the night throwing up (as happened today at her aunt's house,

all's it takes is too much junk food & her system overloads).

Despite my continuous hearty encouragement for her to make " healthy

choices " she has continued to gain weight. I'm tired of the struggle

with no results.

Talk here of yeast issues, etc. have made me wonder what could be

underlying my dd's food problem/weight gain. Can anyone point me

towards some help? I imagine this could be partly related to food

intollerances? We had testing done a year or so ago at the

naturopath & had a lot of foods come up. We eliminated them & when

reintroduced one at a time I still couldn't tell if she was reacting

to any of them. Maybe enzymes could help her? I did get her to try

& eat a ZP tonight (she didn't like the AFP) since I'm trying them on

ds too. Anyways, must go to bed now (12:25am PST)- thanks for

listening.

Blessings,

, mom to Nate, age 3, and dd, age 8