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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We do make good choices and exercise as a family. We found out that she was ditching the healthy lunches we packed and was buying fried foods at school. We have shut off her lunch pin so she can’t do that anymore.

I’m not in the dark about her weight. Just think the BMI is BS and most doctors don’t understand nutrition, female hormone systems, and mental health. At least none I’ve met that go beyond lecture and lip service.[/quote]

I agree that BMI is BS, and that most doctors have no idea, re: nutrition. I’m in a very different boat, as one of my daughters is anorexic, but I found the doctors to be useless for that.

I have another daughter at a healthy weight. She is 11. BMI says she is overweight, but does not account for puberty. DD has had her period for months and has fully developed breasts. Of course her weight is much higher than an 11 year old in a 100% pre-pubertal body. Yet their weights are compared directly.

I would talk less about “eat less bad food” and more about “eat enough nutritious food.” You need to eat vegetables before dessert because you need fiber and vitamins. You don’t want your poor child to go without nutrition, so you don’t want her to be too full from ice cream to eat vegetables.

I think this approach can help the focus stay in a healthy place, rather than veering off into disordered territory.

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