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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here.  Also, our ped said that 99th percentile in height (which our daughter has been since 3 months, her dad is 6'7" and I am 5'9"), shouldn't necessarily match up with 99th percentile in weight after age 2 or so.  Max height can't be increased with overeating, but after the infant years, [b]being at the top of the weight percentiles probably means you're overweight.[/b]  So he said that it's typical to be 99th in height and 75th in weight.[/quote]

By definition, 1% of healthy, non-overweight children are in the 99th percentile for weight.[/quote]

Why? The weight charge are supposed to cover everyone, the entire population, some of whom are overweight.[/quote]

I'm not sure about this. Here is the methodology for the CDC growth charts:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_246.pdf

But in any case, by definition, 1% of healthy, non-overweight children are in the 99th percentile for weight among healthy, non-overweight children.[/quote]

True, but the CDC growth charts don't just show healthy non-overweight children.  The OP's child is among the heaviest 1% of [b]all[/b] children her age.[/quote]

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