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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is her body size and shape drastically different from everyone in your family? Some people put on weight as adults through lifestyle factors and hormonal changes, but other people are just born into bigger bodies and will always be larger than other people.

The fact that she is also 97% for height implies she has a large frame. Even for heavier kids, isn’t the goal to keep them roughly on their growth curve? If her weight % keeps increasing relative to her height, that would seem more concerning than her height and weight increasing in the same proportion as her prior growth. [/quote]

Height and weight have both moved higher than the curve recently to 98th and 99th. DH's family has weight and diabetes struggles and she basically looks like him in a wig. [/quote]

This is your answer. What did he look like as a kid? Does he have sisters? The question is not “how do I turn my child born into a larger than average body into an average size or slim child?” Your question to the Dr or a dietitian should be “how do I help my child grow into a healthy adult who doesn’t yo yo diet or have an eating disorder” [/quote]

+1. It can be tough to accept, but there it is. I have a cousin who is very tall and heavyset, and his daughter is a very active, very good swimmer who has more of a sturdy build than an athletic build. I have another friend whose father was a linebacker—and she has always, since puberty, had the build of a linebacker. Keep up the great work with eating healthy and being active, and then make sure you are teaching her self-acceptance, body positivity, and appreciating her beauty, inside and out.

I’ve heard it said that part of the consideration when coaches and instructors take on elite female gymnasts, figure skaters and ballerinas is…what does the mom look like.[/quote]

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