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how many calories should a 12 year old eat?

mimi_49
07/15/08

i mean its summer and i want to be fit for school and its hard to loose weight what should i do i mean i play basketball,soccer,tennis,etc. but i can't seem to loose weight so i was wondering how many calories should i eat everyday?

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Flake
Sunday, July 20, 2008

If you are a girl you should have 1,900 calories per day and if you are a boy you should have 2,100 calories per day. Try this if you want to maintain your weight. If you want to lose weight maybe you should eat about 1,500 calories to 1,700 calories. Try not to eat less than 1,200 calories per day because you will not be happy about it. Always remember don't skip a meal if you want to be fit. Research shows that those who skip meals are less healthy than those who eat 3 meals a day. If you skip a meal you will be more likely to eat more snacks throughout the day. I hope you are satisfied with my answer.

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Sally Shine
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 07:51 PM

the comment you gave is help full but how much should a 12 year old way

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the ququ band24
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM

give me a list with 1700 calories

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beyonce911
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I do not know how many calories you should eat, but if your playing all these sports and wondering why your not losing weight the answer is muscle weighs more than fat. Their is nothing wrong with muscle but if you are over wieght  don't think it's because you fat, because it might just be your muscle that's producing most of the weight.

Jess Peth
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

A 12 year old girl should eat about, 1000 calories a day. However if you are 14 you should eat 1200 calories a day. If you stay with this amount of calories a day you will suddenly fell better and lighter. Your skin will also get clearer and well more free, it will also get more soily which is better and helthier. Dont try and count the calories becasue you want to losse weight or be more healthy. You will anlyget more unhealthy. Everyone needs to eat 3 meals a day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. you can or should also take a little snack overbetween when ever you want. However, try and keep the meals in a good and streight blanced time, dont eat at 11.00 in the morning on weekends for example, try and eat at 7-9 and later you can then eat lunch at the time between 12-15 after that a snack and dinner between 17-19. This is very important that you do not eat dinner later than 7-8, because it will take time to digest the food and if you eat later the food will not  all be digested and this will turn into fat as the body has taken a break when sleeping. The people that does not eat 3 regulary meals a day plus an snack will sonner become fat. Starving yourslf is not the way, sonner your organs will eat itself thats when you are staring to have a tummy ake if you have not eaten through out the day.

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REMEMBER DO NOT STARV YOURSELF!!!! If you do then your not healthy, and will not loss weight you will go up in weight, just eat normaly, and do some exercise. However, if you are an athele you should eat more than 1800 calories a day of the age between 12-16 then starting to eat more calories after that age. Do not eat fast either your food will not have time to digest in its time it has to and will only throught the food away which then tuns into fat.

Good Luck, and have a good time,

 

 

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Thebomb
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 09:29 PM
I really enjooyed your stories so much !!!!!
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Fabulisious
Monday, December 08, 2008

I have no Idea how may calories but i am 12 years and I sat on this diet it is briliant so listen

Monday-5 potatoes and 1,5 of sour milk

Tuesday-100g or fried chicken and 1,5 of sour milk

Wednesday-100g of friend meat (any) and 1,5 of sour milk

Thursday-100g of friend fish and 1,5 of sour milk

Friday-fruit and veg and 1,5 of sour milk

Saturday-just sour milk

Sunday-just miniral water

 

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hkramb
Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 09:40 PM

are you kidding?  this is about 500 calories a day, most of which is designed to cause diarrhea around the clock which means you're LOSING water and all of those calories you just ate.  Stop dragging people down the rabbit hole with you.

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Ada Pooh!
Monday, August 24, 2009 at 09:26 PM

YOU SOUND STUPID BECAUSE 500 CALERIES IS NOTHING!!!!!! AT LEAST 1200. YOU GOT ISSUES.

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ruben
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 04:39 AM

u must b anorexic!! this is not healthy

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ruben
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 04:39 AM

u must b anorexic!! this is not healthy

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summersky
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 09:08 PM

that is about 500 calories a day witch is not healthy! You can kill your self like that. for your sake you should eat more like 1200 if eny. Even that is risky. Be healthy and dont hurt your self by not eating enofe

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summersky
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 09:08 PM

that is about 500 calories a day witch is not healthy! You can kill your self like that. for your sake you should eat more like 1200 if eny. Even that is risky. Be healthy and dont hurt your self by not eating enofe

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Thebomb
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 09:38 PM
wow that is like 500 calories a day i dont know how u do it i would never be able 2 do that
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fack doctor
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

i am doctor brown and children obeseity is growing more than it ever has and 12 year old kids should eat (girls-1,900 calories) (boys-2,100) if you are wondering why boys can eat more its because there body are mostly mustle eating less then 1,800 calories for boys might cause light headed and slimy poop (lmao) just playing im not a doctor but the facts are true go too/how should i eat.org/these facts youll see are true

Robert
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Hi im 12 years old. You should probably have 1800 to 2200 calories a day, my mom told me. A little more than the average person because we are growing. I wanted to lose weight, and i have been running for about 6 mounths now. I took a before picture at the begining, and i am seeing results. If you exerzize daily, you probably don't have to worry about your calorie intake.

12 year old
Sally Shine
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 08:06 PM

that is so true

so what you take in you put out then you you stay the same weight

but if what you take in is more then what you put out you will gane weight

I'm 12 years old to and I am big for my age i think so if you could tell me how much I should way

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Gogomonter2
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

You should at leat est 1900 calories a day. I too play sports and deal with the fact "if i dont loose weight". Looking good in a bathing suit and back to school wear is hard. Exercise daily, count calories, and just eat healthy and you will be fine(:

google
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

you should eat about 1,200 and dont just limit your food to carrots do more eat good food but keep it healthy hope that helps you out

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Naya200
Thursday, February 19, 2009

LaughingA 12 year old girl should eat 12oo-1600 calories per day because your still growing. that was a great question im 12 too and i ask the same questions and i found my answer. bye good luck.

maddii
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Hello,

the answer to that would be 1200 calories

a day.

good luck with it all. 

 

werawera1
Monday, May 18, 2009

oi im 12year old boy and i play heaps of sport and i cant put on weight i shnould wiegh 50 -55kg but only wiegh 44 what should i do

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alyssa
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 02:28 PM

holy crap!!!!!! u need to gain weight! here wat u should try to do is drink these Ensure drinks! they help u gain wieght the chococlate is the best and the best 4 u. good luck! i dont kno where to find them though sorry!Laughing

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healthy eating pro!!!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

You should eat about two thousand five hundred i think but you need to think that you must eat 2 pourtions of protiean to 1 pourtion of carb. and you just need to make your own meals and make everything fresh and just eat healthy and it should come off but it will take time.

codi
Friday, May 29, 2009

Coolhi dude im 11 and i was overweight to and i weighed 125 when i was 11 and really all i did was stick to a good diet eat healthy foods like fish and chicken and excersice a lot like basketball every day and football when the season comes around and i play baseball too so your best bet is too just eat a lot of chicken,fish,etc and excersice wen ever u can so hope this helps and a 12 year old should eat about 1500 caleries and keep track of them.

LAWRENCE
Sunday, June 21, 2009

I'm 12 yrs old and I wieght 108 I want to be 100 pounds any tips?LaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughingLaughing <!-- /awareness month promo -->

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Sally Shine
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 08:19 PM

TIPS

*a tip would be you should eat more veggies I hope this helpsWink

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advice giver 100
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Well, you should continue playing sports at least two hours a day, also your age matters, if your very young, you can lose it in no time, if your a bit older, or alot older, it'll take longer to lose weight. Anyway, to awnser your question, you should consume at least 1000 calories a day, and burn 200-300-400 pounds,through excersize, and you'll feel much lighter.

Bruno
Saturday, July 18, 2009

i am 101 lbs and i am 12 yrs old and 5 foot 5. I went on a BMI website and it said that i am in the 28th percentile. I want to lose weight and i am running about 1km/0.621mile a day i want to lose about 5kg/12lbs. could anyone tell me how???

Susie123
Saturday, July 18, 2009

Im 12 too. And i think i weigh just enogh but if u do wanna lose some weight you could eat veggies and lean meats more often and almonds for snaking and when u want somthing sweet eat not even a full serving size of nutella on wheat bread. For activities i go bike riding often, my dad takes me to the track to run AND walk (dnt tire urself out), and i do crunches when i wach tv. It seems to work out for me.Wink

Maria Tan
Saturday, July 25, 2009

SmileI am a doctor in US CA SF UC Hospital,my name is Maria Tan!

Heres the answer if you weigh 90 pounds you should eat 1000 calories,if you weigh 100 pounds then eat about 1050 calories if you weigh 120 or 130 then eat about 2000 calories! if you dont eat enough calories then your body feels that your staving it so it holds on to your fat so you can never loose weight! Your body burns off those calories as you exercise! You play sports so that means you'll need alot of calories!As strange as it sounds you'll loose weight by eating more!

strawberry
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

well i think girls should eat about 1,900 calories a day!

mandy
Sunday, September 06, 2009

i am 12 years old this is what i think you should normally have a day....

when you wakeup for breakfast around 8:30 ish-cerial, waffles, pankcakes, frenchtoast, toast with butter or peanutbutter, fresh fruit, breakfast bars, bacon, eggs.....

around 10:00- a little healthy snack like grapes or something

at lunch time 11:45-12 ish-yummy lunch peanut butter and jelly, grilled cheese, hot dog, hamburger, apple and peanut butter whateva

around 1:30- 2- a little junk food like candy, chips, pretzels, cheezits, popcorn...ext. 12 year olds need some junk (im 12 i know!)

for dinner- chicken or steak or fish, vegetables, salad, tacos, chili and more.

 

for desert- icecream, peice of cake, cookie, cupcake, brownie or more =)

 

and every once in awhile some fastfood from mcdonalds and stuff or a little more junk food then usual.

 

i am 12 years old and this is my usual schedule of eating Smilethe only reason we eat a lot is because we burn it off with our high metablisms cuz we are so young! like doing sports and stuff

Thebomb
Thursday, October 15, 2009
A 12 year old should eat about 1400-1600 calories a day and u should go 2 the gym and run on the treadmill for an hour i play 3 sports 2 but i also run on the tradmill of take a walk in the morning and at nite after school !!! TRY IT !!! IT WORKS !!!
6berrycute
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

I do not have an answer.But im like you.Im overwieght also. Im not to sure what to do either.I really need help!!!!! :3

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