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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's a fail not to talk about dieting with overweight teens which your son is going to be very soon.

Yes, a kid like your son is going to need to actually diet [b]to get to a normal weight[/b].  I would stress the point isn't to be thin but it is to be the [b]appropriate weight range for his height[/b].  [/quote]

Who is to say what is "normal" for this kid?  If he's eating right, being active, generally healthy, he will grow into the body that he is genetically meant to have.  That may not be exactly at the 50th percentile.

My 10yr old has always been over 95th percentile in height and weight.  I'm sure some would be appalled that a 10 yr old girl is over 100 lbs but her pediatrician assures me she's fine -- she's tall, strong, all muscle, and seems to have a high level of bone density (even as a baby people would be shocked at her weight when they picked her up, even despite being big, she's a lot heavier than she looks).  She has tracked right on her growth curve since babyhood and that's a better gauge of what's right for her than some arbitrary chart.  [/quote]

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