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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]

He shouldn't weigh the same as a kid several inches shorter.  But he also shouldn't weigh 100 lbs.  What do you think a normal 4'8" 10-year-old weighs?[/quote]

The kid in question is over five feet tall, according to the post, not 4'8".  [/quote]

According to the CDC growth charts, at a boy 5ft tall at 10 yrs old is over the 97th percentile for height.  Weight of 100 lbs at age 10 is around 92nd percentile.  So it seems in balance to me.

When it comes to the wide variation in people "normal" is really a pointless measure.  My daughter is tall and has a friend so short that she barely passes her belly button.  My family is tall, her family is short.  None of us are 'abnormal'.  Forcing my daughter to diet so she can weigh as little as her friend is absurd as expecting her friend to overeat so she weighs as much as my daughter.[/quote]

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