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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So sad that parents are afraid to help their kids become healthier.

Use this BMI calculator... 5 feet and over 100 pounds is not good:
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/raising-fit-kids/weight/bmi/bmi-calculator[/quote]

That chart is ridiculous & uses  archaic, nonsensical standards.It compares the child's weight to that of other boys his age, not other boys who are both the same age & the same his height which, according to both logic & the various pediatricians & dieticians I know who were educated more recently (ie within the last decade or so) at top schools (&, due to both my own graduate field of study & profession & those of my DH, I know several), is a far more apt comparison.Unless he's very thin naturally,a healthy child who is much taller than the vast majority of his peers [b]should[/b] weigh quite a bit more than they do!

According to the CDC growth chart, a boy who is 5 ft tall & weighs 100 lbs on his 10th birthday is in 97th percentile for height & the 94th percentile for weight. Sounds pretty proportional to me! The kid is TALL, not overweight![/quote]

This calculator is more accurate than others.  You guys are forgetting that these are KIDS, not adults.  It is OK for a petite 5-foot female to weight 100 pounds.  It is not OK for a tall 10-year-old to weigh 100 pounds.  Just because 1/3 of American kids are overweight does not make it something we should just accept.  We should fight it (and by it, I really mean the food industry... JMHO).[/quote]

I agree that we shouldn't just accept that 1/3 of kids are overweight.Being overweight comes with serious health risks. A child who is height & weight proportional, as is the PP's son, is not overweight, however.

And that calculator is definitely not more accurate than others as it labels all kids who are  in or over the 85th percentile for weight as overweight, all who under the 5th percentile as underweight & all who are between the 5th & 85th percentile as being at a healthy weight, regardless of height. While age certainly is a factor in ideal weight, height is far more relevant. A child who is in the 10th percentile for height & the 80th percentile for weight is overweight while one who is in the 95th percentile for height & the 95th percentile for weight is not yet according to this chart, it's the opposite. Completely absurd.

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I was a late grower & , until I hit a growth spurt at 13-14, was always in the 3rd percentile for weight.I was also, however, in the 3rd percentile for height so I was never too skinny, just really short,yet this chart would have labelled me as dangerously underweight! Meanwhile, had I weighed what the average girl my age weighed, given how much shorter I was than the average girl my age, I would have been overweight, yet this chart would have labelled my weight as being in the healthy range.This makes zero sense!

I'm currently 5'4". Should I weigh the same as a healthy woman my age who is 5'11" or one who is 4'10"? Of course not! Then why should a boy who is several inches taller than most of his peers weigh the same as they do? He shouldn't![/quote]

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