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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The pediatrician's advise sounds a little extreme unless he confirmed your DD's diet is based on processed foods and sweets (and it doesn't sound like it is).    People talk about how much teen boys eat sometimes, but the biggest eater in my house was my daughter during the tween years (I was the same at that age). It all leveled out by 8th grade or so.

[quote]Do you have kids? They're not mini-adults, they're supposed to be smaller. Kids don't attain their adult weight until they're adults - or at least, they aren't supposed to.[/quote]

The idea that every kid has to have a scrawny beanpole stage is simply not true.  Lots of kids get a bit chunky before a major growth spurt.  Some kids are never skinny at all but still end up a normal, healthy weight.

I'm the same height and weight in middle age that I was at age 12 (5'4 and around 115-120 pounds - I was maybe an inch shorter back then).  Maybe I wasn't "supposed" to weigh so much, but I did and it didn't really cause any problems.  My DD and DS were the same.  We're all pretty solidly built and never had a skinny phase.

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You aren’t wrong, but your example is poor.  You were never overweight as per the children’s BMI standards.  OPs kid is, by a significant amount.  And while yes, some kids put on weight before puberty, this is typically thin kids that become not at thin.  They still aren’t considered overweight medically.  Kids that are already overweight before puberty are highly likely to stay overweight after puberty [/quote]

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