Puberty onset obesity

On 19 Oct 2003 03:46:41 GMT, wrote:

I am just curious... I know someone whose son is about 300 lbs at 18
years old. That kid started to get fat around the beginning of puberty
(5th grade) and got to 300 lbs. Is there any possible medical
condition that manifests itself like this?

Short and painful answer. He got fat by eating more calories then his
body needed over time. Whatever else might be going on, that is the
ultimate mechanism. He'll have to come to terms with that if he ever
wishes to lose that weight.

A somewhat more complicated one. Food intake and appetite control is a
very complex system. Even in the modern toxic food environment, that
system keeps many people at a stable weight without conscious effort
to control food intake. Sometimes something happens to throw that
system off. It might be a good idea to have him tested to see if he
has an endocrine disorder such as hypothyroidism or Cushings disease
as those can sometimes be corrected. However, none of those cause the
body to make adipose tissue out of thin air so he'll still have to
come to terms with his over consumption.

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Ron Ritzman
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On 19 Oct 2003 03:46:41 GMT, wrote:

I am just curious...

I am just Mu....

I know someone whose son is about 300 lbs at 18
years old. That kid started to get fat around the beginning of puberty
(5th grade) and got to 300 lbs. Is there any possible medical
condition that manifests itself like this?

Yes, but dollars to donuts, he is simply overconsuming.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031011.html
Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long.

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I am just curious... I know someone whose son is about 300 lbs at 18
years old. That kid started to get fat around the beginning of puberty
(5th grade) and got to 300 lbs. Is there any possible medical
condition that manifests itself like this?

Yes. It is called obesity. He needs to see a nutritionist NOW.

Jeff

On 19 Oct 2003 03:46:41 GMT, posted:

I am just curious... I know someone whose son is about 300 lbs at 18
years old. That kid started to get fat around the beginning of puberty
(5th grade) and got to 300 lbs. Is there any possible medical
condition that manifests itself like this?

Yep probably many. Has he been checked out medically?

Of course the most common cause is eating too many calories and doing
too little exercise.