A 6 year and 1 months old (female) child who is 62 pounds and is 3 feet and 11 inches tall has a body mass index of 19.8, which is over the 95th percentile, and would indicate that your child is overweight. Your child's ideal body weight would be at a BMI at the 85th percentile or below, and so would be about 53 pounds. I am going into overdrive now! What the fuck, she's supposed to be 53 pounds now?! So she's not 7 lbs overweight she's 9 lbs over weight? The website information also said: That doesn't necessarily mean that your child has to lose 9 pounds. As he gets older and taller, he may thin out some and therefore just need to stop gaining weight, gain weight more slowly or lose some of that weight. Talk to your Pediatrician for more help interpreting these results. It went on to say that a child is considered to be overweight if their BMI is over the 95th percentile, where my daughter's weight landed her and considered to be healthy if they were between the 85 and 95th percentile for their age! I also read that some children might have a more dense body-mass than some and may not be considered overweight if they are not considered flabby! One of the things I do is make sure my children eat as healthy a diet as possible but we also have pizza nights as well sometimes! They do have snacks and I make sure the snacks or not fatty or too calorie-laden. I've gotten Amanda used to eating food with little or no sugar and also monitor her food intake because she is a growing child with a healthy appetite and the women in our family, some of us, we go through the chubby phase as children. I didn't want her to be a fat adult, but I also don't want her to have bad experiences or issues with food and her body so I've been careful about what I do and say when it comes to that. She has been giving herself scrutiny already because of the other little girls she plays with. While I understand the reasoning of making sure our children are not overweight which can lead to problems later on in their lives, I really dislike the pressure it puts on children! The pediatrician obviously wasn't too comfortable in having that conversation with me, for whatever reason, but they need to be more comfortable doing that and not making parents or children feel awkward! I also didn't like that Amanda heard our conversation and that and in turn became uncomfortable and is now more likely to be overly anxious for a while! I will have to diffuse that situation! I'll make sure she continues to exercise daily, i.e, we dance and have physical activities, but she also continues to ride her bike and play outside daily, but I refuse to put her on a diet! The website link is: Link "
I am going into overdrive now! What the fuck, she's supposed to be 53 pounds now?! So she's not 7 lbs overweight she's 9 lbs over weight? The website information also said: That doesn't necessarily mean that your child has to lose 9 pounds. As he gets older and taller, he may thin out some and therefore just need to stop gaining weight, gain weight more slowly or lose some of that weight. Talk to your Pediatrician for more help interpreting these results. It went on to say that a child is considered to be overweight if their BMI is over the 95th percentile, where my daughter's weight landed her and considered to be healthy if they were between the 85 and 95th percentile for their age! I also read that some children might have a more dense body-mass than some and may not be considered overweight if they are not considered flabby! One of the things I do is make sure my children eat as healthy a diet as possible but we also have pizza nights as well sometimes! They do have snacks and I make sure the snacks or not fatty or too calorie-laden. I've gotten Amanda used to eating food with little or no sugar and also monitor her food intake because she is a growing child with a healthy appetite and the women in our family, some of us, we go through the chubby phase as children. I didn't want her to be a fat adult, but I also don't want her to have bad experiences or issues with food and her body so I've been careful about what I do and say when it comes to that. She has been giving herself scrutiny already because of the other little girls she plays with. While I understand the reasoning of making sure our children are not overweight which can lead to problems later on in their lives, I really dislike the pressure it puts on children! The pediatrician obviously wasn't too comfortable in having that conversation with me, for whatever reason, but they need to be more comfortable doing that and not making parents or children feel awkward! I also didn't like that Amanda heard our conversation and that and in turn became uncomfortable and is now more likely to be overly anxious for a while! I will have to diffuse that situation! I'll make sure she continues to exercise daily, i.e, we dance and have physical activities, but she also continues to ride her bike and play outside daily, but I refuse to put her on a diet! The website link is: Link "
That doesn't necessarily mean that your child has to lose 9 pounds. As he gets older and taller, he may thin out some and therefore just need to stop gaining weight, gain weight more slowly or lose some of that weight. Talk to your Pediatrician for more help interpreting these results. It went on to say that a child is considered to be overweight if their BMI is over the 95th percentile, where my daughter's weight landed her and considered to be healthy if they were between the 85 and 95th percentile for their age! I also read that some children might have a more dense body-mass than some and may not be considered overweight if they are not considered flabby! One of the things I do is make sure my children eat as healthy a diet as possible but we also have pizza nights as well sometimes! They do have snacks and I make sure the snacks or not fatty or too calorie-laden. I've gotten Amanda used to eating food with little or no sugar and also monitor her food intake because she is a growing child with a healthy appetite and the women in our family, some of us, we go through the chubby phase as children. I didn't want her to be a fat adult, but I also don't want her to have bad experiences or issues with food and her body so I've been careful about what I do and say when it comes to that. She has been giving herself scrutiny already because of the other little girls she plays with. While I understand the reasoning of making sure our children are not overweight which can lead to problems later on in their lives, I really dislike the pressure it puts on children! The pediatrician obviously wasn't too comfortable in having that conversation with me, for whatever reason, but they need to be more comfortable doing that and not making parents or children feel awkward! I also didn't like that Amanda heard our conversation and that and in turn became uncomfortable and is now more likely to be overly anxious for a while! I will have to diffuse that situation! I'll make sure she continues to exercise daily, i.e, we dance and have physical activities, but she also continues to ride her bike and play outside daily, but I refuse to put her on a diet! The website link is: Link "
It went on to say that a child is considered to be overweight if their BMI is over the 95th percentile, where my daughter's weight landed her and considered to be healthy if they were between the 85 and 95th percentile for their age! I also read that some children might have a more dense body-mass than some and may not be considered overweight if they are not considered flabby! One of the things I do is make sure my children eat as healthy a diet as possible but we also have pizza nights as well sometimes! They do have snacks and I make sure the snacks or not fatty or too calorie-laden. I've gotten Amanda used to eating food with little or no sugar and also monitor her food intake because she is a growing child with a healthy appetite and the women in our family, some of us, we go through the chubby phase as children. I didn't want her to be a fat adult, but I also don't want her to have bad experiences or issues with food and her body so I've been careful about what I do and say when it comes to that. She has been giving herself scrutiny already because of the other little girls she plays with. While I understand the reasoning of making sure our children are not overweight which can lead to problems later on in their lives, I really dislike the pressure it puts on children! The pediatrician obviously wasn't too comfortable in having that conversation with me, for whatever reason, but they need to be more comfortable doing that and not making parents or children feel awkward! I also didn't like that Amanda heard our conversation and that and in turn became uncomfortable and is now more likely to be overly anxious for a while! I will have to diffuse that situation! I'll make sure she continues to exercise daily, i.e, we dance and have physical activities, but she also continues to ride her bike and play outside daily, but I refuse to put her on a diet! The website link is: Link "
The weight thing is such a problem with kids. My daughter eats everything that I can get her to eat, and by their charts, she is 4 pounds underweight. However, she looks, body wise, just like I did at her age, and she's super active and muscular. Luckily, my Pediatrician is not concerned at this point and sees her as being "healthy".
Does your daughter resemble you or your husband at that age? If so, did the person that she resembles grow out of the "little pot belly"? If so, then don't worry about it. If not, and one of you have battled with weight, then you might want to consider having different eating habits for her that will help her manage later on in life.
From what I have seen, it looks like there is a huge increase in childhood obesity which is leading to an increase in diabetes. Your pediatrician is probably just trying to find out if there is a reason to be concerned at this point.
She's 6! If she doesn't look pudgy then there's no problem. Crunching numbers based on charts instead of looking at the individual is going to fuck something up. Like a 6 year old needs the pressure of dieting...Jesus.
~Zoo