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I don't understand this, it's such a routine part of the doctor visit for my two sons for them to tell us what percentile the boys are in for both height and we
by redfiche 15y ago
I don't understand this, it's such a routine part of the doctor visit for my two sons for them to tell us what percentile the boys are in for both height and weight. At one point one boy went above the 75% in weight and we immediately made changes. Are pediatricians really not giving out this data on a routine basis?
- uncr3ative 15y agobut being 75% in weight amongst 1 year olds isn't necessarily indication that he should lose weight. S/he might be 98% in height.
- civilian 15y agoThey do comparisons between the height & weight percentiles.
- Someone 15y agoAs another reply said, being heavier than the average kid need not be a problem, e.g. When your kid also is taller than normal. Your logic is broken (or you do not present all of it) in a different way: a quick google gives me the impression that for kids in the USA, the 75th percentile is about the edge case, but you need extra data to convert percentiles to 'being too heavy'. In the extreme, if everybody is overweight, even the lightest percent of kids will be overweight).
- redfiche 15y agoMy only intent was to say that in my experience some data has been quite readily available. In our case it was enough data to understand our son's weight was trending in an unhealthy direction. We made small changes to the quantity and quality of food available to him and reversed the trend. The 75th percentile just happened to be the trigger in our personal case. I make no suggestion that it is an appropriate trigger in general, or that it equates to 'being too heavy.'