article_snippet: My advice would be that if any parent is concerned about any parent child’s weight, any parent should take their child’s weight to the doctor or chemist.
article_snippet: Have the doctor or chemist take the BMI. '
article_snippet: When they have the result they can reassure the parent, or give they advice on whether the child’s weight is too high.
article_snippet: the BMI is a very good measure, but the BMI needs input from a health professional who can look at their child’s weight holistically and judge whether there is a problem or not.
article_snippet: Parents will not be able to measure Parents accurately as Parents won't have the correct measurements for height and for weight bathroom scales are notoriously inaccurate.
article_snippet: Parents need to be properly measured by a professional who can make a proper judgement and give proper advice.
article_snippet: You cannot tell if a child is overweight or obese on one measure. '
article_snippet: You need to look at their child’s weight and ideally plot this against their BMI three months ago.'
article_snippet: so it’s vital that parents are aware of parents child’s Body Mass Index (BMI), and can spot if parents youngster is starting to become overweight.