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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] i just did on a calculator online to get his BMI - 21, which is 95%-tile and considered obese. and yes he's big and tall but also 'fat' with tummy sticking out and jiggles. [/quote] Huh, that is interesting. The reason I wondered was that I have a severely underweight 13 year old. He is the same height as your 8 year old son -- 57 inches -- but only weighs 68 pounds! I thought that if he weighed 98 pounds he'd be fine! So I checked the online BMI calculator for a 13 year old, and indeed if your child were 13, a BMI of 21 would put him in the 80th percentil, not above the 95th percentile, for BMI, and would be considered healthy. So I guess there's a difference expected in BMI, for an 8 year old 21 is bad, but for a 13 year old, 21 is OK? [/quote]
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