My daughter is 7 yrs old she weighs 90lbs.?

Question

I am concerned isnt she overweight? She is about 4ft 8in she has always been big for her age. She is very self conscience and I dont want to bring her down. How can I explain to her that she is overweight?

Answer 1

Yeah get her into some exercises.

Answer 2

She is a big girl, she is not stupid. You don't have to explain it to her. She knows. She is also a young girl and cannot eat anything you do not bring home from the grocery store or buy for her in restaurants. You have the control over what is available to her.

Obtain a good book on health and nutrition and follow the guidelines when preparing meals for the family. Do not make an issue of her weight or make meal times difficult for her. Just make sure good food and healthy snacks are there for her. Chances are you and the rest of the family will benefit from better eating habits, too.

Also, the other half of the equation for arriving at an optimum weight is to engage in activities that consume calories and build a healthy body. Maybe swimming lessons, dancing, soccer or other activities would appeal to her. At her height, 90 pounds is not excessive, so sports are a good option.

Whatever you do, don't let her become obsessed with weight or dieting. That can lead to bad eating habits and emotional problems that are not easy to cure. If you think there is a further problem, talk to her doctor. There could be an underlying problem that needs to be addressed.

Answer 3

According to this chart on http://www.babybag.com/articles/htwt_av.htm. She is average height, but has the weight of an "average" 12 year old. Of course, you cant go with average because she could be different. Shes still young, so she probably wont understand or take it well to be on a diet. Go for walks or even runs with her, do weights and things like that. What ever you do, do it as a mother daughter or a father daughter activity. Also, buy healthy foods and treats. The number one thing to look out for is HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. Its in most sweets and mostly everything that tastes good. How ever, there are some healthy treats that don't taste like cardboard. 100 Calorie packs are always good and are very tasty. You can also try organic popcorn. A good "soda" is called Enviga. I love it and its carbonated green tea, so it actually burns calories. The number one thing is dont let her know what your doing, dont put her on a "diet" just buy healthy foods, exercise more, drink water, and eat protein. Good luck

Answer 4

my 8 year old is 51 pounds 48 inches tll. My 10 year old boy is 4 foot 8 and 118 pounds. The boy is a lot bigger then my girl. With my boy we NEVER tell him he has a weight problem "he dose we can't get clothes that fit him even husky pants are to small." We just try to not let him snack after 7pm we make sure he drinks water not kool aid or pop. We limit his in active time like viedo games to encourage more active play. We never explain he is overweight we talk about healthy things he can do. LIVE BY EXAMPLE don't eat junk don't buy soda and exercise yourself.

Answer 5

Don't tell her she is overweight. Take her to get a physical check up and have the doctors let you know where she is on the percentages. If it concerns you, start cooking healthy. I do not keep chips , soda or cookies around our house. I bag up carrots, and other healthy foods to have available. My kids have never been heavy at all, but they readily pull out yogurt, apple slices, and healthy foods without thinking a thing about it. Start her out thinking healthy now and it won't be a big deal. Tell her you've been feeling lazy lately and you know walking or excersing will make you feel better, and ask her to come along for company if she will. It will make a big difference.

Answer 6

She could grow out of that. My son is 7 and tall and weights about 85 . I dont see him as overweight at all. He looks normal to me. I have an older son that was the same and got really tall and now he is thin. She is still only 7, some dont thin out until later on. Just make sure she plays outside , and eats healthy. Dont tell her she is overweight.

Answer 7

that's an exceptionally considerate difficulty to declare. some years in the past my daughter moved away to Australia, and that i neglected her badly. yet once I regarded into the nighttime sky, I had a acceptance that she too, would see what I observed. i found that to be very comforting and she or he did no longer look as some distance away. you're a sort and loving mom! Have a superb weekend! Annie

Answer 8

my son is 8 and he is 4ft 9in and last year he was at 90 pounds also so we cut back on everything sugar increaced the fruit and veggie portions and enrolled him in swimming lessons and karate we never said anything to him about being fat we just said we were going too try to get healthier. he can have two cans of soda a week and only one desert a week i substitute fruit for dessert so good luck and he is now out of swimming and is in football(still karate) and weighs 75 pounds and 4 ft 11 inches good luck dont get discourged and stick to it.

Answer 9

My daughter was 65 pounds when she was 6...she is absolutely adorable, but slightly overweight. I didn't need to tell her...the kids at school or church made sure she knew it. My job as mom was to tell her she was beautiful regardless. I then made major changes in my house pantry. I started buying lowfat milk, instead of whole. I gave her oatmeal for breakfast instead of sweetened cereals. I filled the fruit bowl with fresh fruit. We have light yogurt and reduced fat string cheese for snacks...and my favorite..i switched our usual icecream to lowfat sugarfree.
She is now 7, and has grown 2 inches, but still is 65 pounds. She looks great, and feels better...and all the teasing has stopped.

Answer 10

She is overweight by a lot and just tell her that she is overweight and you need to watch what she eats maybe even put her into a program.

Answer 11

try telling her in a gentil way that you want her to be healthy,you want her to be happy with herself and you love her so you're concerned about her.Try getting her to do more activites like sports,walking the dog,helping with chores anything that will help her get more exercise in.Also try inproving her diet yea that's heard for a child but start with small things like instead of her having chips for a snack give her a banana or a veggie that she likes.Other ways of improving her diet can be getting her to eat whole grains in stead of white flour foods.Cut her suger intake starting out with smaller amounts.Remember to not eliminate suger complety from her diet or else she'll hate you for it just reduce it.Ways to help you reduce her suger intake can be giving her water instead of soda.Read the how much suger is the juices you give her.Give her juice that has only natrul suger in it.
Away that won't make her feel out of place about her diet is you eating the same things as her and doing activites with her like walks in the park.You get my idea?I hope things go good with you and your daughter:)