How much does your 7 year olds weigh?

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DS is 7 and a round 4 and a half stones. For his height that puts his bmi in the overweight catergory. He’s certainly not skinny, but definitely not fat either. Certainly doesn’t look particularly big other than a bit of a belly. Bmi seems a waste of time to me
But he is about 128cm tall.

He was actually 4 stone 10 last year and looked quite chubby but with exercise and some simple changes he’s naturally lost a few pounds and has gone taller.

How much do your 7 year olds weigh??

My boy weighs just under 3 and a half stone not sure how tall he is though . He looks quite skinny but healthy.

En. 4. B ki

I’m not a huge fan of BMI measurements either OP. Have you tried plotting his measurements on the centile charts instead?

My girls are 6.5 and one is 126cm and 23kgs the other is 121cm and 21kgs.

Dd1 is 8 but a fussy thing. She is 1.2m and 3st 3.1

It is not the BMI that is useful, but the BMI centile. These are what shows whether a child is overweight, and in my experience working in this field, we are so used to seeing overweight children now that families rarely see that their children are overweight unless they are off the charts. Children who are a healthy weight have their ribs visible, and to many of us nowadays look 'skinny'.

DD 7 weighs 4st 7lbs, she's 132cm tall, and I can see her ribs.

My 7 year old is average height and a healthy 3 stone.