I'm looking for some sensible advice regarding DD2. She's 7 years old and enjoys food. She's also prefers quite a sedentary lifestyle. She has been home-educated for one term, but returned to schooling two weeks ago.
Her height, today, is 122.5cm and her weight is 28.8 kg (I've double checked twice). That puts her BMI on the 94th centile for her age. Her sisters are not similar - the eldest (with SN) is finally on the 13th centile after a lot of cajoling and persuading to eat sufficiently. The youngest is on the 65th centile.
We don't buy much in the way of processed food. We don't have lots of sweets and treats lying around (the sweets from the sweet shop we bought 6 weeks ago have hardly been touched). We tend to give fruit for snacks, or sometimes a plain biscuit such as a digestive.
She does like her main meals and more often than not asks for seconds. It's possible that we are giving her a large portion, but I tend to dish out a little and then give another helping on request. DD1 eats like a sparrow, so it isn't easy to guage quantity, but less than a serving spoonful.
She has a school dinner.
On the activity front, she's signed up to do before school yoga, which I'm hopeful will increase her dexterity/muscle tone, etc., so she'll be less reluctant to exercise. She's also signing up to do Ceilidh dancing after school. Plus, of course, she'll have her normal PE lessons.
Any other suggestions?
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lougle · 13/10/2014 20:54
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