My dd is 8 and I have noticed that she is putting weight on around her belly. I have to buy her tops and her coat age 10- 11 to cover it. She is a good eater and has always been big for her age. She was 8ib 10 when she was born. I weighed her the other day and she is 4st 12ib and she us 130cm tall and in the 86tg centile which she is just going into the overweight category. I have never had to watch my weight and being a little bigger than average on my family is not the normal. There has never been a baby above 6ib in my family I am small a size 10-12 and was aleAgs underweight as a child. My son is also very slight and at 6 is still in age 3-4 trousers so they don't fall down so have never dieted so this is all a bit new to me. However she eats a healthy diet she isn't a huge fruit eater though and admittedly she probably eats a couple of biscuits a day and a packet of crisps in her lunch box instead of fruit. She never used to like veg bit has got loads better and eats a good variety now. She has squash to drink and milk in the morning and a carton of juice in her lunchbox. I only ever give them small portions at meals and after their tea they have a pot of puréed fruit to make sure they have some fruit and if they have eaten their main meal they get a few smarties or buttons. She does love her cakes and biscuits but I don't let her eat them all day she has a big appetite and is always hungry and between meals she eats raisins, breadsticks or rice cakes with the occasional biscuit or cake whereas I could cake all day and not put a pound on she obviously does. My son eats more a less the same as her although he doesn't moan that he is hungry like she does all the time di he doesn't eat much between meals and he drinks milk or water as doesn't like squash or juice and he is tiny. Both ate extremely active and they swim once a week and go to a dance and movement session on a sat morning we walk or scoot to school every day and I don't drive so we walk everywhere. They rarely watch Tv or a DVD as they are so active they are barely still. I mentioned to her yesterday about eating a bit healthier maybe trying some different fruit to eat when she is hungry and she now she reckons she is fat and I have given her a complex. Never ever had to deal with anything weight related before so a bit confused. Otherwise she is very healthy and fit so maybe I am over reacting. Any advice would be appreciated I don't want to just ignore it but likewise I don't want her to deal with weight issues later on in life. Thanks