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🌱 Your child’s weight is the symptom
🔎 We help parents solve the root causes
🧠 Emotional eating, ADHD & family dynamics
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08/24/2026

You took the junk food out of the house because you were trying to help.

But now you’re finding wrappers in their room, food hidden in their backpack, and realizing they’re eating things when you’re not around.

It’s easy to look at that and think, “Why are they lying to me about food?”

But sometimes the secrecy is a reaction to feeling like certain foods are scarce or forbidden.

And that’s the part most parents never fully acknowledge.

And that can be incredibly frustrating, because you were trying to do the right thing and now it feels like things are getting worse instead of better.

However, if you only focus on controlling the food, without understanding what’s driving your child to eat in the first place, the behavior can simply move somewhere you can’t see it.

The pantry is only one piece of the problem.

Brain chemistry, emotions, impulsivity, stress and the way your child relates to food can matter just as much.

Weight is the symptom. The real question is: what’s driving the eating?

08/21/2026

How can sleep help when your kid’s constantly asking for food or sneaking sugary foods?

When parents ask us about these topics they expect us to talk to them about what foods we should get their kid to stop eating but we don’t…and for good reason.

As you can see from this clip from Dr. Lauren LaRose, Psychiatrist and mom of 3, there’s a lot of medical evidence that the “lowest hanging fruit” of things you can do to help with stubborn childhood weight gain comes from improving sleep.

And for busy parents with little time, doing the easiest thing that improves eating, mood and focus is all the reason we need to keep recommending it!

We tell parents all the time that sleep is like a multiplier to whatever good or bad behavior you experience.

If your kid can’t stop eating, is saying they’re constantly hungry, is always sneaking food…then a lack of sleep will make all of those things worse and harder to change.

If your kid starts eating better, getting sleep right will make it easier to stick to those changes long term and help them lose the weight quicker.

Now, GETTING kids to improve their sleep is a lot easier said than done, but after seeing the tools that work for 100s of families inside our program, we also know it’s not impossible =)

If you want to hear the full episode with Dr. Lauren just check out our link in bio.

08/20/2026

If we help parents reverse stubborn childhood weight gain, why do we spend so much time talking about screen time?

As Dr. Lauren LaRose, Psychiatrist and mom of 3, who was recently on our podcast talks about in this clip, the effects of phones and screens on children is still something that medicine is finding more and more conclusive data on.

But one thing that's clear to the doctors who see these families everyday is the same thing we see in our work with families: there’s a strong link between compulsive phone use and kids who can’t stop eating (and thus can’t stop gaining weight).

It comes down to Executive Function, which is that front part of your brain that, amongst many things, is responsible for impulse control.

Kids don’t form a full executive function center of the brain well into their mid 20s, which means they lack the “hardware” to control their eating without some kind of external support.

And when you know how to help kids eat a low stimulation diet (so it works with the lack of executive function) and learn the calming tools to help them manage their impulses, you get a kid who doesn’t stay addicted to their phones and loses weight without trying.

If you want to hear more of the medical breakdowns on why the above works, check out the full podcast with Dr. Lauren (link in bio)

08/19/2026

ADHD and childhood weight gain are so closely related we’ve seen studies that show a child with ADHD is 12 TIMES as likely to have weight issues as one that is neurotypical.

Even without an official diagnosis, having a dopamine sensitive brain (which is super likely if your kid is constantly hungry or can’t stop eating) is a driver of stubborn childhood weight gain that we see daily with the families we work with.

It’s also why it was so refreshing to have Dr. Lauren LaRose, Psychiatrist and Mom of 3, on our podcast share the medical perspective on a not so typical way we address ADHD and childhood weight gain:

Sleep and screens.

When we work with parents inside our programs on helping their kids lose weight, they’re usually confused when we tell them to work on improving sleep and screen time boundaries.

They’re shocked when they see how improving those 2 things helps their kids actively CHOOSE vegetables without a fuss.

We know it sounds crazy, but it works! And that’s why it was so great for Dr. Lauren to give her medical breakdown of the reasons WHY.

If you wanna see the full episode yourself, check out the link in bio!

08/18/2026

Many parents worry about their kids eating too much, but for parents that have kids who literally can’t seem to stop eating, “worrying” doesn’t really describe how heavy it feels.

What did he eat? What did he hide? What was under the bed? Why was the weight still going up when everything they tried wasn’t working?

Today, she says: “I have my happy kid back.”

If you’re watching your child gain weight, sneak or hide food, constantly ask for more, or seem unable to control their eating — there may be much more going on underneath the behavior than hunger or willpower.

This weekend, we’re breaking it down in our free parent workshop:

Why Can’t My Kid Stop Eating?

We’ll show you some of the hidden reasons kids can struggle with food — and where parents can actually start helping.

Come with an open mind.

👉 Register through the link in our bio.

08/17/2026

One of the most heartbreaking reasons parents come to us to help them with their child’s weight gain is bullying.

It’s a special kind of hurt to watch your kid be hurting because of their weight.

We understand that bullying is something out of your control. But the opportunities to help your child with their weight and confidence is something you have a lot of influence over as a parent!

And this is why we always talk to parents about windows of influence: The windows where you have the most influence over your child and the window in which their habits are not permanent yet.

As Dr. Laren LaRose, Psychiatrist and mom of 3, who was recently on our podcast points out: the younger your child is the easier it is to help them change. That’s when the window of influence is in your favor to help them not just avoid things like bullying but to also set them up for being healthy adults!

If you want to see the full podcast, check out our link in bio!

08/15/2026

Time and time again we talk to parents about the connection between screens and excess childhood weight and it’s so great when we meet doctors who agree!

We recently had Dr. Lauren LaRose, Psychiatrist and mom of 3, on our podcast talking about how medical research shows a strong connection between screen time use and compulsive eating.

When we hear parents tell us their child is always hungry or it feels like they can’t stop eating, oftentimes the first thing we help parents improve is their “screen hygiene”. They’re usually shocked when less Roblox and scrolling leads to eating more vegetables, but we literally see it happen everyday.

As Dr. Lauren says in this clip, regardless of an official ADHD diagnosis, most kids that are glued to their screens also struggle with weight.



And when you know how to work with the dopamine sensitive brain that drives both compulsive eating and too much screen time you end up in a win/win situation:

You get a healthier, happier kid who eats better, focuses better and has less tantrums (a bonus that many of our parents love lol)

For the full podcast, check out our link in bio!

08/14/2026

ADHD (or ADHD like symptoms), anxiety and emotional hardship…are they related to stubborn childhood weight gain?

In our experience, it’s a resounding yes!

In this clip, psychiatrist Dr. Lauren LaRose shares a simpler approach: identify what is affecting your child’s daily life the most, work on improving that first, and then tackle the next piece.

Because helping a child isn’t about finding one magic solution. Nutrition, exercise, sleep, sunlight, socialization, mental health, and family support can all be pieces of the bigger picture.

If you want to watch the full interview, check out our link in bio.

08/13/2026

Emotions are such a key driver of stubborn childhood weight gain, yet they are overlooked so often by conventional approaches.

Recently on our podcast we talked to Dr. Lauren LaRose, Psychiatrist and mother of three discussing the medial perspective behind childhood weight gain that goes beyond just calories in/out.

Emotions (and the lack of skills to cope with them without food), ADHD like symptoms, dopamine sensitivity…these are all drivers that contribute to childhood weight gain when simple “eat less, move more” advice fails.

We address these drivers directly when we work with families so we’re so happy when we hear doctors talking about them as well!

Check out the full episode on our YouTube (link in bio)

08/08/2026

Parents of overweight picky eaters don’t understand 1 concept that when applied transforms most picky eaters into healthy eaters for life

In this 3min video I teach the key concept we use with all of our families to get even the pickiest of eaters to choose vegetables by themselves.

And we’re hosting a free online workshop this week called Why Can’t my Kid Stop Eating? where we show you the 4 things that drive picky eating. Drop the word WORKSHOP below and we’ll send you a DM with the link.

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