Karen
Hello, I have a son who is Down syndrome, he is 18 years old and weighs 190. It's very had to get him to lose weight, he loves to eat and we actually have to watch the amout he eats because he dosen't seem to have any sort of limit. He has lost 5 pounds in the last month because I have been shopping differently. I've been buying low fat foods, yogurt, fruit and not so fatting snacks. I'm sure the last few days with all the candy he came home from school with he might have gain some of it back. So we are going to start fresh on Monday. My son dase have to things wrong with his heart and he needs to lose weight.Being over weight is hard on his heart.When we tell him at dinner that he has had enough, he looks at you so depressed, Eating is his pride and joy, his favorite hobbie. I haven't seem a thin DS adult yet, all the ones I've seen are heavy or very chubby, so I know we are not alone. Karen