Is an 11-year-old girl too heavy if she weighs just over seven stone?

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It all depends on other aspects. Ttry working it out the BMI, the body mass index, which is worked out using the height and weight of a person. It is a universal calculation and is used by doctors to help under/over weight patients.

Follow the link below and it gives you a good website with an online BMI calculator so you don't have to do the maths!

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

Basically if the BMI is under 19, you are underweight (like me unfortunately). From 19-25 is considered normal. and 25 and over is over weight.

I have been told by my doctor that the optimum BMI for everyone is 23-24, as this falls in the middle of the 'normal' catagory.

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• if seven stone means seventy pounds no she is not overweight at 11 maybe even a little underweight but this is a good question for her pediatrician they usualy tell you what percentile she falls into with girls the same age.

• A stone is a British measurement. It's the equivalent of fourteen pounds, so a seven stone kid would weigh 98 pounds.

That means that if she's average height for her age then she's a little big for her age, but not enough for it to be considered a health risk. It might be enough for her to be teased at school though, so there's no harm in encouraging her to take part in active pursuits like swimming or cycling.

Also, seven stone is the weight at which girls start to reach menarche. This means your daughter might get her period sooner than the other girls in her class. Be sure you talk to her about it now, so that she's ready for it when it happens.

• I am an 11 year old girl and Iwas just doing some research on me, basicly just to see if i was overweight because nearly every girl in my year weighs less than me and i was wondering wether i was overweight. we went swimming recently with school and all the girls were there in their tight bikinis showing off their flat tummys and i was stood their with my loose bikini on looking like a fat weirdo. i weigh 7.2 stone and my best freind weighs the same so how come she has a flatter tummy than me? i also go to kickboxing club every tuesday and thursday so im quet fit and haelthy.
  

She might be more muscular than you, muscle weighs a lot.

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