Question:
I have a daughter and she is 12 years old. She is a bit overweight.But does not look it.
She's 5'3, 12, and weighs 139 lbs. My question to you all is do you think that she is overweight, and if so, what can she do, that is fun, to lose weight?
Thanks!
(P.S.-It won't hurt my feelings if you say she is, I just want the honest to God truth(: Thanks again!)

My Answer:
5'3", 12-year-old girl, not active, weighs 139 lbs, correct?

I am sorry to say, but she is overweight. She should be at most 122 lbs and at least 85 lbs.


If she cut down on soft drinks (soda, coke, pepsi, etc.) and junk food (snacks, chips, etc.), her weight should automatically drop after a while (a few months).

And by "cut down," I mean "no-more-than-one-per-month." She should drink no more than one can of soda and eat no more than one bag of chips each month.

However, she should NOT cut down her three main meals--breakfast, lunch, dinner. Those three meals are important; let she eats until she is full. Also, she needs to drink a lot water, at least 5 glasses a day--increase the number to 8 and up if she exercises.

Other than that, you can get her to exercise, play around in the yard--just basically do something that forces her to move around and get tired.


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The person who answered before me is not wrong, but his answer is incorrect. If your daughter is over 35 years old, then his answer is correct, but your daughter is 12 years old, not above 35.

BMI is different depending on the person's age, activeness, overall health, and ethnicity (race).

Your daughter's BMI is 24.6 kg/m2 (number 2 is a superscript [to indicate square]). That is at about the 71st percentile (compare to other Americans). This means that her weight is greater than 71% of other girls that are about her age. About 50st percentile is average--that would be about 117 lbs.

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