I'm worried my friend is getting fat is it normal for a 10 year old that is 5 feet to weigh 110 pounds?

Question

I'm worried my friend is getting fat is it normal for a 10 year old that is 5 feet to weigh 110 pounds?

Answer 1

Your friend is very tall for 10. 110 lbs is not overweight for 5' tall. She won't be overweight until she's about 130lbs.

I said 130 but if she has a large frame actually up to 137lbs would be okay, these charts always work like small frame - medium frame - large frame but anything within the range is considered a healthy range:

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/pub...

Also according to her body mass index she is in the normal range. 18.5-24.9 is normal and she's at a 21.5 so everything points to being perfectly healthy.

According to this chart I'm underweight but I sure don't feel like it :)

Answer 2

well...im 5'3 and 15 pounds. apparently, im 5-7 pounds underweight.

so if your friend is 5'0 and 110 pounds, id think she was only bout 2 or 3 pounds overweight. but as long as she FEEL healthy. even though im "underweight", i eat more than most girls my age, sometimes i eat more than my father, and i exercise a lot.

so just as long as shes eating and exercisi right, no worries.