It's a struggle with which many overweight teens are familiar.
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"I was bullied a lot because of my weight," Crystal Chainani told us.
As a coping mechanism, she would turn to food.
Crystal said, "I was so stressed and eating was kind of my way to make me less stressed. Normally, it was when I was doing my homework, or when I wasn't with my friends or family."
But that changed about a year-and-a-half ago when Crystal entered the Teen WOW program at Texas Children's Hospital.
According to Dr. Sharonda Alston-Taylor, "It was created to help adolescents 12 to 18 years old who are obese, meaning that they have a body mass index of greater than the 95th percentile in their growth charts."
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The program was set up to assist with stopping weight gain, while achieving slow progressive weight loss. Many tools are provided, including nutritional education.
Dr. Alston-Taylor said, "We're addressing the importance of getting in a minimum of five servings of fruits and vegetables a day (and) how to make a balanced plate when they're eating their meals."
Adolescents are also encouraged to be more physically active.
"The Teen WOW program has helped me with a new lifestyle, and it's something that's not hard for me. It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle. It really changed my life, and I couldn't be happier," Crystal told us.
Crystal says she used to be borderline diabetic. After being enrolled in Teen WOW, her health has improved and she's lost a little over 30 pounds.