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Obesity can also adversely affect their self-esteem.
While most teens should not be put on a severely restricted diet, a combined approach of a sensible diet and regular exercise will help to control their weight gain. If a child consumes more food and calories than is required by their energy allowance, than those excess calories are converted to fat for storage. Conversely, if a child consumes less food and calories than is required by their energy allowance, than their body fat is converted to energy for the needed calories. Either way, body fat will be burned and converted to energy and you will lose weight. It is easier for your child to lose weight if he is motivated to do so.