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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just used the kids BMI calculator and apparently my VERY skinny 5 year old is in the 82nd percentile for BMI.  (He is not tall).  This is just below "overweight"

My average (certainly not chubby) 2.5 year old is in the 89th percentile for BMI.

I was firmly in the "your kid's fat" camp, until I looked at this.  I can't believe that my 5 year old can be "close" to overweight.  the only possible explanation I have is that they have huge heads (heavy perhaps?)  They certainly aren't muscular or even stocky.  the only descriptor for my 5 year old's body type would be skinny.[/quote]

[b]Parents are notoriously bad at realizing if their child is overweight.[/b] My husband tells me all the time that our 5 year old is so skinny, when in reality he is average (his BMI is in the 67th percentile rank). He is a muscular kid because he does gymnastics three times a week. His 8 year old brother is 2 pounds away from being in the overweight category, which my husband refuses to believe. He would never be called chubby, but young elementary kids should be lean. There is an epidemic of obesity in this country. I dug out a photo album when I was kid. I showed him pictures of pool parties we had as a kid and swim team pictures. Almost all the kids look so skinny compared to many kids now. When we were at my MIL's house I had her take out photo albums too. The same thing was found- lots of kids that look really skinny but were considered average back then .  Since realizes the older ones BMI we have cut out some processed foods, made sure there was cut up fruits and veggies in the fridge, and stopped bringing snacks with us everywhere. I think it is the endless snacking that is leading the obesity epidemic.[/quote]

or parents are simply notoriously bad at measuring 2.5 yo height precisely. even half an inch makes a big difference ~ 15% on the percentile.[/quote]

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