My sister that is in 7th grade is 5"0, and is 60 pounds, is this normal?

Question

I mean, she eats and everything, and she is not anorexic or bulimic.
She is really skinny and I can see her bones, and her rib cage, what is her normal weight?
People look at her like she is anorexic, and they say behind her backs, that girl is so so skinny, and she gets really mad about it, her friends can pick her up and say she is light as a feather, and she gets mad, is there any way to cheer her up?

Answer 1

She seems very much underweight. What do your parents say about it? She should probably see a doctor to find out if something is wrong.

Answer 2

I went through the same thing in middle school. I was painfully skinny even though I ate everything in sight. A lot of my classmates called me anorexic throughout 6th and 7th grade and it hurt me a lot. Later on in life when people just make a comment to be nice saying "Your small" or "Your really thin" it brings back my middle school nightmare. The best thing I have thought of to counteract any comments (even if the person means well) is calling someone too skinny or thin is just like telling someone they are too fat or overweight, it hurts my feelings just the same so please don't. This works especially well when it is someone maybe a little overweight telling me how skinny I am, I think they than realize they are doing what they hate the most judging someones weight. Tell your sis to stay strong middle school is just a phase and will be over before she knows, ignore the people who make comments and enjoy every bit of being young!!!!!!!!!!!

Andrea

Answer 3

Okay...that's not good. She may be having some kind of eating disorder or her body's just tiny. To be healthy, if you're 5 ft, you need to be at least 90 pounds. Go to www.seventeen.com and go to the bar at the top that says health and go down to BMI and then go to that and enter in that she's 60 in tall 12 in x 5 ft = 60 in fyi and then enter that she's 60 pounds and see her bmi and look under her age and then see if she's unhealthy.
But poor thing! That's horrible. You can let her know she's not too skinny and that she's just little for her age and it was a problem, one of your parents would for sure help her out. So you know, her problem is probably that she metabolizes really quickly (burns the calories she gets from food). Now, I'm in 6th grade and I've given you all the info I know.

Answer 4

My seven year old son is 4 1/2 feet and 60 lbs. So i would say she is pretty tiny. Maybe she needs to consult a doctor. If she eats properly, there should be nothing to worry about. But just to be safe. People get picked on for one reason or another, it's just the annoying part of life. When her friends mature (if they ever do) they'll let up. honestly if they're really her friends she should tell them it bothers her and they should stop, if they care at all.

Answer 5

something does not compute right. She's not telling or she's not knowing. Better to ask a doctor. How' her energy?
Has she always been this thin? What was her heaviest.
How do you know she hasn't been vomiting up at school or elsewhere she's not with you.
Observe uncritically and ask and read about it.
I'd also recommend looking up articles in the Google under several different words. One step at a time.

Answer 6

She probable is unquestionably skinny. If she eats and all there is relatively no longer something you're able to do. i do no longer think of you ought to difficulty she would be waiting to probable benefit weigh whilst she gets older. i think of she needs to learn approximately 30 pounds so she does not seem so sickly however yet, i think for her it must be confusing to be so skinny and to have human beings consisting finding at her as anorexic or bulimic. it is common for plenty youthful toddlers like 7-10 365 days .

Answer 7

Trolling....????
Of course this weight sounds a little less than normal...but apparently from all of your other questions...you already know this. If there is a true health problem...your parents should be urged to see a physician to make sure there are no deficiency's.

Answer 8

Your sisters bmi is 11.7 heres the chart for bmi...
Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
Overweight = 25-29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

Answer 9

If she is that low of a weight, I would suggest sending her to the doctor to find some way to gain weight.

Answer 10

The people that talk behind her back are probably jealous of her skinninies....and they are probably fatter...

Just tell her to hang in there...
Some people just have a faster metabilism...u may want to take her to gymnastics since shes so flexible, and skinny.....tell her that when she grows up itll go away//...

Some ppl that dont getfat now..but eat alot may gain weight as they get lder...


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