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[quote=Anonymous]I want to throw out there that BMI isn't perfect. Anyone who is muscular is going to appear "heavy" according to BMI. Is your daughter naturally muscular?

For me, I've spent since I was about 15, when I really started "packing on" muscle, confusing nurses and doctors when they check my weight (I don't have well-defined "ripped" muscles). Muscle is heavy, no way around it. I look much lighter than what the scale says. I once had a doc lecture me about my weight. I generally shy away from confrontation--but finally I said "have you even looked at me?! I'm a size 4!" He just blindly looked at my height and weight on the chart, never looked at me, the person, to see I'm just rather powerfully built.

Finally, has your ped suggested checking her for any metabolism-related issues? If your daughter consumes a healthy number of calories and also participates in aerobic activity and is still gaining weight, then it might be something completely out of her control. Imagine how she must feel: doing everything "right" and still her body refuses to cooperate.[/quote]

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