[StarsAreFixed]

(Original post by PinkMobilePhone)
This was my youngest when he was born :

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Wow! Must have been the talk of the ward Bigger at birth then a relative of mine now at 5 months old (very premature).It probably holds true for premature babies and babies over 10 pounds that they will be at the lower end of the centile/not have any bother in remaining either in the middle or above of the centile. But doubtful for anyone else. I myself was above average at almost 9 pounds and I have always been at the lower centiles past toddler age.

[Freier._.lance]

(Original post by PinkMobilePhone)
I was just talking about this on my facebook earlier.

This is my 6 year old daughter :

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according to her percentile, she is severely overweight (bordering obese).

Load of *******s if you ask me.

oh and while we're at it....

the kid on the right is my "overweight" 4 year old son. The kid on the left is my normal weighted 2 year old son, but he's not actually that far off overweight apparently (82nd centile)

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I'm clearly raising kids that are of gargantuan proportions lol [/sarcasm]

BMI for kids sounds to be mostly bull****. Kids should be healthy rather than underweight.

[PinkMobilePhone]

(Original post by kiss_me_now9)
Clearly you need to stop feeding them, its child abuse aint it

They look like healthy fit kids to me... 11lb odd ounces? OUCH.

lol actually believe it or not he was the easiest to give birth to out of the three. My middle child, although he was the smallest, was the most difficult, do to the cord being around his neck.

Funny how things work out lol.

As for their weights, yeh I take the whole "they're overweight" thing with a pinch of salt. My husband is morbidly obese, and trying hard to lose weight (8 stone 2lbs down so far, I'm pretty proud of his progress) so the last thing I would ever want is for my kids to end up like him, so I'm always very conscious of what they are eating. I'm not daft enough to start plying them full of junk food or anything. They are allowed one small treat a day - like maybe one 88 calorie Time Out or something, but that's all. Other than that it's porridge for breakfast, school dinner for lunch (or maybe an ocean pie for my little one), an apple when they get back from school, and a dinner for dinner - which varies - maybe mackerel and rice, or a bit of spaghetti bolognese, or chicken, veg, couple of roast potatoes, and gravy.

The older two get a fruit or a carrot for a snack in school at break time as well, and a drink of milk.

My little one is a bugger for not eating his veggies though I have to admit, he hates them. I've started blending cauliflower into his mashed potatoes in desperation!

[Aquar]

He's outside of the recommended range by three pounds. I'd say that the NHS were within their rights to send letters out such as this, at least it might get parents to go to their doctor and get their child properly assessed, and perhaps more aware about obesity and how not to let him get any more obese!

Perhaps saying he's clinically obese is a little over the top, but it's the Daily Mail we are talking about here.

[OU Student]

If a child is around the 98th percentile for height and around the same for weight, how are they overweight? If they were around 50th for height and 70th for weight, then yeah, I can understand the issue.

[walterwhite123]

(Original post by NB_ide)
Yes it's complete rubbish, a lot of people realise that.

And a lot do not. Pretty much anything that comes from the NHS with regard to body composition, fitness and nutrition should be completely disregarded.

It's not just the NHS who use it though.