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He is 4"3 and weighs about 75 pounds. I haven't measured his waist for ages but judging by his trousers size I believe it to be around 26-28 inches.[/quote]

http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html?ctype=metric&cage=10&csex=m&cheightfeet=5&cheightinch=10&cheightmeter=137&printit=0&x=81&y=9[url]

I am the same pp you replied to. This is a website mostly for adults to calculate weight and height but you can input 10 years old as well.  It seems that your 10 year old is on the higher end of acceptable weight for height range. Hence, he must carry most of this in his belly, if that is what you re noticing. If it is was my kid I would try to enforce healthy food and I think time will take care of it with growth spurts and muscle. Higher end weight at his age might seem like a big deal around here among the "worship skin and bones" population.  When you put 93rd percentile BMI, I think that gave the impression of obese, even to me.  BMI is a very poor and new tool. Given this information, keep your kids active, don't fall pray to high sugar diet and don't worry about your boys and let them see you making an issue of their weight. So, imo, he is far from obese, and those parents need to stop being rude.   I am from Europe and it used to be that grandmas considered it healthy that kid had some extra weight, and might end up tall and healthy later on.  As I tell my kids, who are actually slim for US standard, very slim, there is no way there will ever be tiny and slim boned like some kids from certain Asian countries, as genetics are genetics. Hope nobody is offended by this comment.[/quote]

You can't use an adult BMI scale or height-weight percentiles for an 8 year old child. Totally inaccurate. Try this for a child: https://nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx[/quote]

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