to sometimes wish that we had weight centile charts for adults?

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Not because I'm nosy interested in other people's weight, but because of a conversation I had at the Children's Centre this morning.

The other mum was saying that her DTs are a bit small and that it's an ongoing worry. I pointed out that sometimes it's worth comparing the kids to their parents - if a parent is big-built then they might not be so concerned about having a heavy baby, and vice versa (this mum is quite slim and tall btw, as are her DTs). She didn't look convinced but I thought I had a point!

What do the rest of you think?

Obviously it wouldn't be so easy to get a reliable for adults, as our weight does tend to fluctuate rather a lot more mine certainly does, 3 stone on and off in two years but I think in an ideal world it'd be handy.

Suppose it is a bit Orwellian though, expecting monthly weigh-ins

A reliable RESULT, dammit.

Isn't that a BMI chart though?

A BMI chart is kind of the same... healthy range according to height etc..

I think a rough way of doing this is to look at the red book charts for your child when they are 18. If they stick on their 'line' then does their height/weight look like the kind of thing you can imagine being a cross between you and your partner?

When DS1 had a terrifyingly enormous, and terrifyingly fast growing head (well, to the health professionals anyway - I was unaware there could be anything wrong), we were sent to a senior hospital paed, who, after examining DS (vast head, but fine baby) measured first my head and then got me to measure hers. Her logic was: no head size charts for adults handy - she knew she had a big head, and if mine was about the same size as hers then DS's big head made sense.

There's also a calculation in the red book of 'expected height' for your child -somewhere at the back. you put in mother and father's height and multiply or subtract something and out pops an answer.

I suppose so. I have a slight distrust of BMI charts though, as I'm currently a size 16 (after months of dieting), I look/feel great and know from experience that it would take a great deal of work and effort to get any smaller than this and stay there. Yet according to the BMI chart I am still obese (30.5)

www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm

This one gives you your percentile compared to other women your age and height.