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[quote=Anonymous]Yikes. If you kid is active, eats a variety of healthy foods and you have modeled healthy eating and body image, she's FINE.

Listen. I am 5'5. My DH is 6'4. Our three daughters all had a period where they were 5'1 and 145 pounds around 11-12. They ALL followed this pattern afterward.

13, GREW 5 inches and lost 15 pounds. So, they were around, 5'6-5-7 and 130.

14-15, GREW another 2-3 inches and ended gained almost zero weight (or lost a bit), landing around 5'9-5'10 and 125-130 pounds.

So, the big thing I want to reiterate is bodies for middle schoolers and freshmen are really, really in flux. They need to exercise for their physical and mental health and they need healthy, real food. My kids all learned so much about cooking (due to covid), so that had a part of it, I'm sure.

I will say, for a lot of 8th and 9th graders, a lot of kids didn't even recognize each other when they returned to school after the covid online learning.

Yes, many girls develop and are set by 12. But there are late bloomers and people who just gain weight to prepare their bodies for growth.[/quote]

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