Arriving at an ideal weight for a child can be complicated sometimes. Adults use the Body Mass Index to measure their ideal weight. But for children, this is not the case. Their ideal weight are calculated on length for age and weight for age percentile charts.
Those children weighing over the 95th percentile range are considered overweight. And for those above the 85th percentile range, they are considered at risk of being overweight.
The growth charts for comparison for children between the age of 2 -20 months can be obtained from the cdc website at www.cdc.gov/growthcharts.
Bear in mind that the chart is only for comparison purposes and as a guide. Fitting your kid weight neatly into a certain category should not be a priority but instead the child overall health is more important.
If your child is approaching the 85th percentile, you’ll want to look at your family’s lifestyle and see where you can make improvements. You should also talk to your pediatrician before you make the determination that your child is overweight.
It’s important to help your child maintain a healthy weight because that will contribute to a healthy adult weight. However, it’s also important that you take things in moderation. Constantly weighing your child and becoming fanatical about keeping his weight on target can do more harm than good.
You ought to use a little common sense when its come to your children weight. Just be a good role model and teach your child to exercise regularly then provide them with a nutritious diet. A healthy lifestyle is still the best way of avoiding weight problems.
Keep your entire family healthy by adopting a healthy lifestyle. By seeing your lifestyle, you child will follow what he or she see as a good example. When she or he does that, the result will be a healthy weight situation for him or her.
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