What foods should my son eat to gain weight

[snodhutch]

My son is applying to join the royal marines but he needs to gain a stone before his first fitness test can anyone tell me what sort of foods I should be giving him

[Velvetee]

How much does he weigh and how tall is he? He perhaps needs to see how many calories he currently consumes, perhaps he's not eating enough.

The average man requires 2500 cals per day to maintain current weight. He maybe needs to up calorific intake above that, especially if he leads an active lifestyle.

[kira000]

This info might be useful:

What to Eat to Gain Weight

In order to gain weight, more calories must be consumed than what is burnt off. To gain just one pound a week, an extra 3,500 calories from food is needed. The 3,500 extra calories per week should not come from junk food, but from nutritious meals and snacks.

Those who need to gain weight can try the following tips to add some extra pounds:

* Eat three main meals per day that include some type of calorie dense foods such as cheese, seeds, beans or any complex carbohydrate.
* At a minimum, eat three snacks per day. Snacks should be those that are high in calories, vitamins, and minerals but not high in sugar or fat. Nutritious snacks ideas include dried fruits, nuts, wheat crackers, protein bars.
* Add a dietary supplement such as Ensure, Boost, or Carnation Instant Breakfast between or with meals.
* Add powdered milk to soups, casseroles, shakes, smoothies, and milk.
* Drink a lot of pure fruit juice or milk with and between meals. Juices that are mixed with two or more juices (such as strawberry-kiwi) are higher in calories than a drink that is only one juice.

Read more: "How to Gain Weight: What to Eat to Add Pounds the Healthy Way" - http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_ to_gain_weight#ixzz09wk4FbJy