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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BMI isn't accurate for children. Use the height/weight charts. She is at the 30th-50th percentile - completely normal. [/quote] Right, but my question was about body fat, not BMI. I have read that too low of a body fat percentage can cause problems with puberty and possibly brain function. PP's child has a body fat percentage of 10%, which she says is ok. DH had a body fat percentage of under 6% when he was a teen, and I wanted to know if I should be worried about DD's going that low or how I could tell if it was too low. PP assured me DD is not too low just because she is so lean. If you think about it, if DD is 50% for height but 34% for weight, and she is very muscular, she has very little body fat. If you have muscle that is the same volume as fat, muscle weighs more. The question was what is too low body fat-wise. PP assuaged my concern.[/quote]
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