Her weight is perfectly normal. But it is not normal for her to be constantly asking you these questions. It may be the beginning of an eating disorder for which she is passively seeking help. She is probably not getting picked on at school for her weight, but there may be other girls at her school who have eating disorders and think that they need to lose weight. Speak to your pediatrician about healthy eating for her age. Also, how did you come up with this number of 98 pounds? Girls can be very sneaky when it comes time for the scale and may put coins in their pockets or shoes, drink a lot of water before hand etc. in order to hide what they are doing. Ask her what she thinks that she should weigh, and then use a BMI calculator online or brochures from your pediatrician or school nurse to show her what is healthy for her age.
My 12 year olds weight.... IIN?
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Her weight is perfectly normal. But it is not normal for her to be constantly asking you these questions. It may be the beginning of an eating disorder for which she is passively seeking help. She is probably not getting picked on at school for her weight, but there may be other girls at her school who have eating disorders and think that they need to lose weight. Speak to your pediatrician about healthy eating for her age. Also, how did you come up with this number of 98 pounds? Girls can be very sneaky when it comes time for the scale and may put coins in their pockets or shoes, drink a lot of water before hand etc. in order to hide what they are doing. Ask her what she thinks that she should weigh, and then use a BMI calculator online or brochures from your pediatrician or school nurse to show her what is healthy for her age.