From Linda, Child's Age 13 - 09/20/02 - IP#: 66.188.235.xxx  Click here to reply  
I need some help. I'm not too sure if my daughter is overweight or not. She is 13 years old, almost 14. She is about 5 foot 6 I believe and the last time I saw how much she weighed, which was about a month ago, she weighed about 175 pounds. She doesn't look all the big, but she is a big big and her stomach is a bit big. She has never been made fun of though. I know though that it isn't all muscle probably. But would she be considered overweight? I don't really have a good reson to bring her to a doctor about it because she has never been concerned about her weight and I'm not sure if I should be or not. 175 pounds just seems a little bit heavy for being 13 years old. Could someone here help me out? Thank you