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Are Your Kids at Risk
I know that standardized charts do not speak to individuals in a concrete
way but the link below has numerous growth charts for babies and children. It might be interesting to see where your child falls in terms of weight, BMI, etc. j http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/...ts.htm#Set%201 |
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Are Your Kids at Risk
Ignoramus14193 wrote:
In article EsaQb.11241$Se.1423@lakeread05, Julianne wrote: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/...ts.htm#Set%201 Just what I was looking for. Turns out that my son is almost exactly average height and also average BMI for his age. Wuhoo, my four year old is almost touching the 3% line! And my 11 year old with the bad eating habits, sedentary lifestyle and chubby belly is only at the 10th percentile. Guess that means I don't have to worry, eh? (When are you going to learn that BMI is crap when applied to individuals?) Dally |
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Ignoramus14193 wrote:
How else can I realistically figure out if my 2.5 yo is not overly fat or too thin. My scale does not do BF% for tots. I can;t realistically expect to measure his BMI in some sort of a submerged condition since hell will freeze over before he submerges anywhere. Fair question. Is he covered in a thick pad of fat? He's too fat. Exercise more together. Are his bones showing through and he's not gaining weight and height anymore? Increase his calories. You don't have to measure a kid, you just have to look at them and know them. Perhaps this is personal philosophy rather than medicine. I don't use a thermometer, either. They've either got "no fever, you're just tired", "you're a little warm, have some tea" "you're very hot and seem uncomfortable, have some tylenol" or "oh my god, you're burning up, get in the bathtub." Dally, using fuzzy logic since 1991 |
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