How do you help a child who is overweight? People need to look for certain signs and symptoms. Many people wonder how they can tell if their child is overweight because all kids grow and different. The main way to tell if your child is overweight is measured the BMI (Body Mass Index). Body mass index is measured by calculating your weight and height.
The BMI calculates to a percentage. 84th percentile is a very healthy weight to be at. 94th percentile is considered overweight. Anything over 95 is obese. These percents are calculated for teens, Adults and small childrens score might be a little different.
When people start to notice or think that a child they know is become overweight, people need to start doing something about it before it is too late. There are too many cases in this world that children have been overweight for just too long and then it lead to more life threatening diseases. Being overweight as a child is just starting life off bad and it will only get worse when becoming an adult unless people change something
Finding BMI score is not hard and it only takes a few minutes in a doctor's office. I feel that many people just don’t know about it or they are just too lazy to help their self or children out. I believe that everybody should get their BMI calculated even if you know you are not overweight. It gives people a feel of where they are at weight wise and they can work on it.
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/weight-control/helping-overweight-child/Pages/helping-your-overweight-child.aspx
The BMI calculates to a percentage. 84th percentile is a very healthy weight to be at. 94th percentile is considered overweight. Anything over 95 is obese. These percents are calculated for teens, Adults and small childrens score might be a little different.
When people start to notice or think that a child they know is become overweight, people need to start doing something about it before it is too late. There are too many cases in this world that children have been overweight for just too long and then it lead to more life threatening diseases. Being overweight as a child is just starting life off bad and it will only get worse when becoming an adult unless people change something
Finding BMI score is not hard and it only takes a few minutes in a doctor's office. I feel that many people just don’t know about it or they are just too lazy to help their self or children out. I believe that everybody should get their BMI calculated even if you know you are not overweight. It gives people a feel of where they are at weight wise and they can work on it.
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/weight-control/helping-overweight-child/Pages/helping-your-overweight-child.aspx