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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I assumed a 12 year and 6 month boy at 5' 3" and weighing 124 pounds.

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The information you provided gives a BMI of 22.

This puts your child in the 88th percentile, which means your child is overweight. An ideal BMI for your child's gender and age is between 15.2 and 21.4.

Your child is not skinny. In fact, your child is classified as overweight. That is not necessarily a problem and BMI is not perfect, but it is a data point for you to consider. I would be sure to focus on healthy, whole foods and increase activity. Hopefully he will even out as he goes through puberty, but right now is the time to teach healthy habits and food as fuel.[/quote]

OP’s kid is top of the growth chart for height/weight. BMI is notoriously wrong for tall, muscular boys.[/quote]

And why do you think that OP's son is muscular?

One-third of kids in the US are overweight or obese. We should not be helping this problem continue to grow by saying that this is "normal" and "there is nothing to worry about."

OP, I would take your son to his doctor and ask for their opinion and advice.[/quote]

We don’t know anything about OP’s kid other than he eats a normal amount for a preteen boy. So, why are all you disordered eaters descending like crows telling her kid is fat? You can’t look at his height and weight and know that bc he could be anything from chubby with a big gut to very muscular.

He certainly doesn’t need to visit a doctor to be given permission to have an afterschool snack, that’s lunacy.[/quote]

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