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Any school nurses out there?

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Fairylightfurore · 13/12/2023 23:53

My Dd 12 is overweight. She has been for the last 2 years. She is very active, sport 3 times a week and walks to and walks 3 miles a day. She eats quite healthily at home, the same as her brother who is bang in the middle of the healthy weight section. She does buy snacks at school despite my best efforts and goes to Starbucks on a weekend. We have talked about healthy choices etc. I try not to buy snacks in but obviously have some over Christmas. I do bake healthier snacks so she's not deprived. I understand a bit of weight gain is normal during puberty but she got a letter in year 6 flagging she was overweight. I spoke to the school nurse then who said she would monitor it without drawing any attention but it was a busy year and I didn't hear back. I weighed and measured her myself for the first time in over a year today at her request ( part of a am I as tall as you yet? ). I was really shocked. She is heavier than me and 2 cm shorter. Her BMI puts her in the very overweight section. What can I do? Should I do anything? Her weight doesn't bother her. She's not aware. I don't want to trigger any eating disorders etc but I also am following all the advice. She's active, eats well, sleeps well etc and I don't understand why she is the size she is. She wears size 12 adults clothes and is 5 ft 4 and over 10 and a half stone. Any advice would be really appreciated.

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OwOwHolyCow · 14/12/2023 00:43

You need to have a look at her portion sizes.
Even if she eats healthy food, if she’s just eating too much of it she will put on weight. As she is then adding snacks and weekly Starbucks she could be hugely overeating.

Catclown · 14/12/2023 01:14

The NHS bmi calculator uses centiles for children rather than bmi. Have a look on there, if you are still concerned can you speak to the school nurses yourself? Do you have a contact number or the GP practice nurse?

She may just ‘lose weight’ as she grows taller and Sort of grows into it? You are doing all the right things OP.

what kind of snack choices is she making while she is not with you?

Fairylightfurore · 14/12/2023 06:15

Bad ones! She spends her pocket money on sweets and chocolates etc.

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Catclown · 15/12/2023 01:58

Could you limit what she could spend her pocket money on! Maybe give an allowance daily rather than weekly/monthly?

tbh mine don’t make the best choices on snacks either, but she is 12 so don’t most 12 year old choose junk food if they can?

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