DS1 has a BMI of 13. We have been worried about his weight for a while, but that's really bad isn't it?

[Peachy]

He is 9, and has Aspergers; he's always ahd a history of hating fat people as part of that and DH and I have had to force him to eat at times: lately he eats but excercises massively (being the strongest / fattest etc in the school is a really imporatnt thing for him)

DH did his BMI today (we obv. new it was very low) and it came out of the Wii Fit as 13.

We're seeing his ex-Paed tomorrow for his brother and can get a re-referral, so I need to?

Or am I panicking somewhat unnecessarily? DH is skinnyish (not as much as used to be), I am overweight but have a loooong history of eating disorders throughout my life. Not now, though.

But.... they were all skinny babies and his nnon- foitness obsessed brother is 13.3, is it just a family trait? DH was eight and a half stone when we met.

The Wii fit is not accurate for children try here it's great Ormond Street so it should be more suitable for children

that calendar gives thesameresults, thanks for that- reassured me I am right to worry

Ok - make sure you don't panic

Getting sensible advise is good, panic isn't

I wouldn't necessarily worry but it is worth being aware that eating disorders do affect young boys as well as girls. My brother went through a similar thing in his early teenage years and exercised compulsively, running around the field at the back of my parents house for hours every day and cutting out huge ammounts of food. They did thankfully get him an early referral and it does seem much better now. I do think some children are naturally just skinnier than others but if it is something that you know he has issues with it is definately worth getting checked out.

Oh there's no point panicking, he's been the same for ages. he's fit and healthy (1 day off school a year, max) so can't be very ill or anything.

But I will chat to Paed; qwe can't get him to eat snacks or anything at school so once I've chatte dto PAed we can enlists chool help (he has a 1-1) to make sure he does eat his meals and not bin them (He does do that at home sometimes if he can find a way).

I knew he was skinny; just ahdn't relaised how much

Thanks LL, I do know kids with ASD are esp. at risk of eating disorders anyway so hopefully Paed will listen.

peachy.. both ds's are really skinny. ds2 (10) has a BMI of 15 ( from link). I've seen the GP because MIL kept telling ds2 he was anorexic, and tried to force food on him. GP took height and weight and the fact that he's healthy , sporty etc is happy with that BMI. ( was a bit lower at the time of GP visit.)

It's a good thing your aware of his eating issues as you'll be able (more able) to keep on top of it.

I just don't want you to worry too much about the skinny bit

Thanks BCNS.

Just to confound us, when we took the boys out the only school trousers that fit were age 6- ds2 is a bit whatever but ds1 (9) is Not Impressed!

BMI figures are different for children so although 13 is low for a 10 year old it might not be as low as you're thinking (if that makes sense). See here