Anonymous
09/04/2023 18:25
Subject: Obese BMI
Anonymous wrote:My daughter (7) has always been in the 97+ percentile for height and weight. Right now she's 53.5 inches and 86 pounds. I've always served healthy food and followed her hunger cues. Dessert is a once in a while treat and we don't have junk food in the house. She does soccer, dance, and swimming. We go on walks. But her BMI is in the range for obesity and she's definitely visibly overweight. At every doctor's visit, I privately ask if we need to be worried and the doctor just says to serve healthy food and make sure she's active. I feel like they aren't taking this seriously. I don't know what to do and I feel like I've failed as a parent for letting her get to an unhealthy weight.
Genetics play a major role too. Were you or your husband bigger in size at that age?
If she eats healthy and is active, not getting easily tired, not sluggish, I guess she is fine. Overall the key on the food front is to make sure she has enough whole grains and fiber too. Some parents get hung up on protein and push kids into eating more meat. Try to reduce milk, meat and anything with food colors.
Maybe a good idea to get blood work done to check for diabetes and make sure all is good.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 09:30
Subject: Obese BMI
Anonymous
09/03/2023 17:55
Subject: Obese BMI
Anonymous wrote:What does she eat in a normal day? be honest.
Sometimes things we think are healthy are actually not.
My 11yo DD leans heavy but not currently overweight. At 8 she was though, I was giving her Naked green juice for breakfast, the main varied but was sometimes pancakes ( with syrup) and a side of fruit.. I didn’t think it was bad but the doc was like “ that’s a lot of sugar for one meal” so we cut out the juice, and do t eat pancakes anymore, she usually has eggs on WG toast or a bowl of oatmeal, or avacado toast now…..
Portion control matters too. And ability know when yours satisfied or full.
My husband serves out adult portions to our daughters so that had to stop. One would overeat, the other would just pick and choose one thing on the plate and only eat that and be full.
Serve kid portions, have them finish it and ask for seconds. We also do 1 glass of milk, and refills are water. Again one kid would overdrink milk the other would only drink milk, get full and not eat the proteins or food.