Specifically, a boy who just turned three two weeks ago.
DCM called me today (we're sort of friends, she wanted to kinda vent/chat/share about this) and said that they were just leaving dcb's well-child check-up and the doc told her that his BMI was way too high. I forget the number she said, but he's about 35 lbs and 33 inches tall or something like that. Not *that* much different from my own 33 lb/40 inch 3.5 who is consistently 75th/90th for weight/height.
Anyway, I'm like![EEK!](https://chat.daycare.com/core/images/smilies/eek.png)
you're kidding me...the doctor is quibbling about the BMI of a three year old?!? Last I read, BMI scales are NOT accurate OR appropriate for children under 5 or 10 or 18 or something like that.
We are NOT talking about a sedentary child who eats nothing but junk food! He's a very active little boy (VERY active...his favorite form of locomotion these days is jumping everywhere...literally), we watch almost NO TV here and he watches very little at home, we do NOT serve junk foods here and he doesn't get them at home either, he eats very well and very balanced, doesn't get juice or milk much (not on food program, don't flip out), rarely has sweets.
Looking at him, he's a very normal little boy...a bit on the heavy side right now, perhaps. I was just thinking the other day that he still looks very "toddler" vs. the more adult-proportioned "child". His arms and legs are still chubby, but baby/toddler chubby, nothing too unusual. Some kids, you look at them and say, "Wow, that's a fat kid...". DCB, you look at and say, "Look! a kid!"
I suggested to mom that he's just on the heavy side atm because he might be gearing up for a growth spurt. She relaxed a little bit at that point and admitted that sounds likely. I stressed to her that I'm pretty sure that BMI in young children isn't an appropriate measure of anything, and that since he's active, healthy, and eats very well, there's nothing to freak out about or worry about. There are very few if any of the suggested dietary changes that I can make here, and dcm said that very few of them applied at home either.
But still...really? BMI for a three year old?
DCM called me today (we're sort of friends, she wanted to kinda vent/chat/share about this) and said that they were just leaving dcb's well-child check-up and the doc told her that his BMI was way too high. I forget the number she said, but he's about 35 lbs and 33 inches tall or something like that. Not *that* much different from my own 33 lb/40 inch 3.5 who is consistently 75th/90th for weight/height.
Anyway, I'm like
![EEK!](https://chat.daycare.com/core/images/smilies/eek.png)
![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://chat.daycare.com/core/images/smilies/rolleyes.png)
We are NOT talking about a sedentary child who eats nothing but junk food! He's a very active little boy (VERY active...his favorite form of locomotion these days is jumping everywhere...literally), we watch almost NO TV here and he watches very little at home, we do NOT serve junk foods here and he doesn't get them at home either, he eats very well and very balanced, doesn't get juice or milk much (not on food program, don't flip out), rarely has sweets.
Looking at him, he's a very normal little boy...a bit on the heavy side right now, perhaps. I was just thinking the other day that he still looks very "toddler" vs. the more adult-proportioned "child". His arms and legs are still chubby, but baby/toddler chubby, nothing too unusual. Some kids, you look at them and say, "Wow, that's a fat kid...". DCB, you look at and say, "Look! a kid!"
I suggested to mom that he's just on the heavy side atm because he might be gearing up for a growth spurt. She relaxed a little bit at that point and admitted that sounds likely. I stressed to her that I'm pretty sure that BMI in young children isn't an appropriate measure of anything, and that since he's active, healthy, and eats very well, there's nothing to freak out about or worry about. There are very few if any of the suggested dietary changes that I can make here, and dcm said that very few of them applied at home either.
But still...really? BMI for a three year old?
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