What is the average weight and height of a 6 year old?

[dinny]

am interested reading that other thread about being weighed in schools.

is there an optimum weight and how do they work it out?

have a look in your red book. the 50th centile line is the average I think.

ah, all that centile stuff still applies even when older, does it?

up to aged 18 it says

average though - not necessarily optimum!

so if obesity is rising in the young, presumably the average will rise?

yes, CS, so it won't be the optimum weight, will it?

wonder what the OPTIMUM is

god knows how old the red book stats are though.....

that's a good point CS.

wow - 2 good points in one thread - shame I can't be funny aswell!

LOL (see you are funny), and I don't want to disillusion you but we cross posted, and I was referring to your first point

although the second one was very good too

oh bugger!