My 9 year old brother was just told by the GP that he’s 7kg overweight and that he needs to lose weight. Looking for advice on how I can help him in his weight loss without letting him know that I know.

My mum told me the other night and today he has a friend over and Mum made a mini pizza for them both and he asked mum to come into the other room and I overheard him saying that “it’s not healthy” which broke my heart because it was so sincere and he really does want to lose weight.

I have brought a lot of junk food into the house and have set a bad example as his big brother and I’ve always had a bad relationship with food and had body image issues through my teens I don’t want him to experience that.

So really my question is what can I do to support him through this without giving it away that mum told me about it.

I want to encourage him to exercise and eat healthy foods and stuff like that but I’m really looking for maybe some articles about this or meal plans but I want to make sure he is getting everything he needs as he’s only 9 and i want to make sure his growth isn’t effected at all etc.

Thank you if there are any questions feel free to ask.

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