I remember the Dr. telling us they HAD revamped the charts a few years back. I think they updated them.
Ours have never been as high as 25%. One is 8% on weight, but 92% on the height. Yes, she looks like another species...but it's how I looked, and how her father looked. My parents got turned in for malnourishing us by our neighbors when I was a kid, and that was in the 70's, when everyone was skinny!! We just look freakishly thin when young.
I appreciate what they professionals have to say, but we aren't all the same, and the chart can only show us how we compare to others, not how we compare to OUR own aptitude for ideal health.
It's how my family are...until puberty, anyway. My 13 year old is still tiny around the middle, but has junk-in-the-trunk and broad shoulders- she now looks very athletic, and I expect our younger will follow the same pattern, just as the rest of the family did. They do 6 hours of ballet a week and we eat a very healthy, non-processed, mostly organic vegetarian diet. Daddy's diabetic, so we use honey and agave and things of that nature to sweeten our food.
At one point, we were told to feed our kids whatever we could to pack on the pounds (they suggested including ice cream with every meal!) due to their size. I think that's absolute stupidity, and that the majority of the kids in their classes may look different, but- we choose to eat when hungry, graze if we must, and to listen to our bodies- not feed them empty calories. We stay active and it feels like our energy is good. It works for us.
Personally, we have VERY small frames- when my BMI is at a 22, I'm a size 0...not that it's happened for a while! We're just slight frames, and the girls got extra height from their father's side- tall, thin folks.
I tell folks to look at the overall health when people freak out- and people do. My kids are healthy! Let your feelings about your kid's health guide you.
Sabina at 12, Lydia at 10.
Lydia at 10.
