my little sister thinks shes fat and wants to lose 9 pounds so she can weigh about 59pounds ...dont you think that would be like anorexic skinny??what should i tell her?????
2006-06-30 19:42:42 · 17 answers · asked by crabbycancer101 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
it depends on height...but seriusly what is a 10 year old doing worrying about her weight?
2006-06-30 19:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by danielle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That she should nnot lose any moe weight at all. I know a kid that's 10 yuears old and he weighs 120 lbs. He's trying to lose weight, but I think a 10 yuear old girl should be around 70. 68 is good. Oh, I know what you can tell her, tell her that if she loses that 9 pounds the law might change and since she's under the weight limit she'll have to sit in a booster seat in the car. Well it depends on where you live what the law is. But it's a good excuse.
2006-06-30 19:50:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe that 68 pounds is fat for a 10 year old.
One thing that you might want to tell her is that it is actually unhealthy to change your weight a lot as a child. Her body is still growing and forming and there is a ways to go before she should be concerned about things like this, especially if she is only 68 pounds.
Hope that this helps.
Buddhadan
2006-06-30 19:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by buddhadan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless your little sister is a foot shorter than all the other ten year olds she's already very skinny. 68 pounds is less than the 10th percentile for a ten year old girl. What that means is that out of 100 ten year old girls 90 of them will weigh more than your sister.
Here's a link to a height/weight percentile calculator
http://www.ehealthintl.com/tutorials/Demo_Stuff/height_weight.html
Be supportive and tell her she looks great and if you notice her trying to lose weight in a weird way, like starving herself or throwing up, tell your parents!!
2006-06-30 19:57:15 · answer #4 · answered by Becky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe our society is so messed up that it's brainwashed a ten-year-old into thinking 59 pnds is an ideal weight for herself.... I'm 28, and I've never dieted. Nor am I obese. My body trusts that it will be fed (and it is, to my heart's content) and therefore it does not go into starvation mode - which eventually causes your body to cling to fat as a means of sustaining itself through times of need. Eat and stay at a healthy (and normal) weight. 59 pnds is where a 4 year old should be, and your sister should work on getting enough nutrition to grow tall and be beautiful. That's my rant.
2006-06-30 19:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, this is a perfect example of how bad society has gotton. When I was 10 years old I ate whatever I wanted. You shouldn't be worrying about that when you so young. Beleive me you've got the whole rest of your life to worry about that why start at 10.
2006-06-30 19:56:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It kinda depends on how tall or short she is. If she a nice average height 68 pounds is pretty good. Now fat on shorter people look fatter than what they really are. So it just depends on how tall she is.
2006-06-30 19:49:27 · answer #7 · answered by Diva E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
her weight is perfect, if anything she could use a couple of puonds, i have a 10 year old neice and she weighs 75 and she is NOT fat at all, i think 10 year olds should not worry about their weight, they are still growing
2006-06-30 19:47:21 · answer #8 · answered by alliewv30 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg no, u like weigh as much as my 7 year old sister, but she is kinda fat even tho im not really that fat but my sister is and omg u shouldnt worry bout that u r not fat at all
2006-06-30 19:51:05 · answer #9 · answered by f420crazy721 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was 70 pounds in 7th grade so yes that would make that 10 year old a heffer..no not really just kidding... 10 years old just tell her to be beautiful which im sure she is
2006-06-30 19:46:18 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋