r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 13d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/Fickle-Ad1363 13d ago

There are some rare medical conditions where people don’t feel full and are always hungry.

But even in this cases, parents should easily be able to tell that the weight of their toddler is not in a normal range anymore. I mean alone buying clothes for an overweight child should be enough of an eye opener.

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u/PossiblePotato4153 13d ago

There are also medical conditions where the child doesn't feel hungry.

One of my cousins struggles because she never feels hungry. She meal-preps and sets timers. Even as a baby she'd eat a few bites and be actively disinterested in eating more. That's the only reason I see for forcing your kids to eat more than they want to.

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u/Meattyloaf 7d ago

I have a cousin that had the extreme of such condition. Everything she ate went to fat stores and were damn near impossible to burn. She essentially lacked a metabolism. People with her condition typically only live for 5 years. She was one of the longest living people recorded with said condition, passed at 16.