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My son will be 10 in october and is 5'0 tall and 135 lbs is there any reason to be concerned? he is not fat at all he is just a husky kid.

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BMI: BMI is a 26.6 which puts him in the overweight category. I would recommend that he still needs to gain weight due to growing but over the next 2 yrs he needs to be careful and instead of gaining 20 lbs a year he needs to keep it to 5-10 lbs a yr.

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Answered 5/12/2015

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