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Weighing and heights
I need some advice;o
Well here, my cousin is 15 and she weighs like 6.7 stone and her height is 5'7.
People tell her that she's underweight for her age and her height? O.o she's totally normal though!
How much does a 15 year old girl have to weight to be healthy ? And what about the height?
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This website is a BMI (body mass index) calculator. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
According to BMI, she is underweight. The thing is though, that the BMI system is made for adults. She's only 15 so it could be off because of that. I am not familiar with "stone", but according to the website, I think that a weight of 8.6 stone at a height of 5'7'' would be at the low end of the healthy range. You can mess with it. Again though, this means that by the time she is an adult, she should be at this weight. If a doctor is saying that she is underweight, that's a problem. If just random "people" that think they know what they're talking about say that she's underweight it really doesn't matter. I got told that I was too skinny when I was growing up and I was actually in the normal range of BMI. People will say things like this. If she really is healthy, there's nothing to worry about unless she doesn't get up to the healthy range in a few years. Good luck!
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