My 7 year old granddaughter is overweight and very embarrassed about it. Other kids can be very cruel. I know, I have always been "big boned" as my mother used to say. Any way, I have done lots of research and am going to try a modified low carb for her this summer. She spends most of the summer with me any way, my husband and I are very into the LC way of life....so...ordered the Carbohydrate Addict for Kids book from Amazon. The research that I came across states that kids, because of their revved up metabolism, can have 60 - 100 mg of carbs per day...so that seems to have plenty of room for fruits, vegetables, milk. I used to work for family practitioner, am going to check with him first to see if it is OK. He is big supporter of LC eating but have not asked him about kids.