Don't mention the ice cream. I would wait and see if there is a time when you can just simply ask him. I ask my D- Tell me about your day. So I can gauge if it has been a good day or bad. Bad day = secretive eating. We actually discuss it. So you might say something but say it differently. You could say I am concerned but not really harping on him. Also, perhaps if you go ahead and buy the sweets but get a healthier version he can feel he doesn't have to sneak. Does that make sense? Like they have lower sugar and lower fat ice creams here. Another thing is to actively sit down and have dessert together. You could make a "healthier" dessert and sit and enjoy it together rather than the binging that you are talking about. The thing with food is so often it is used as a crutch. We have parties, celebrations, holidays, and then also when something bad happens so funerals, and that sort of thing. There is so much feeling attached to food that you do not want him to have guilt or any anxiety about eating. The problem is not the food itself but how he feels about it.
