Percentiles, BMI, and Body Image: We're More Than Just a Number on the Scale.

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Dr. Mona Amin

Kids & Family, Parenting, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A healthy body image is one of the most important things I want to teach our children. How they look at their bodies, how they view food, and how they value themselves more than how they look is so important. The medical community is guilty of causing issues with body image on how we sometimes report weight, percentiles, and BMI. The medical community doesn't take into consideration genetics and various body types when they come up with these "standards of health." On this episode, I welcome back Jessica Gust. She is a mother and Pediatric Dietician (@elementnutrition.kids on Instagram). We discuss when percentiles are helpful, how they should be used, why we both don't love BMIs, how we tie in eating habits to body image, and how we can create a healthy body image for our children. Tune in to learn so much on this very important topic. Remember to follow @pedsdoctalk and @elementnutrition.kids on Instagram to finish the conversation. Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠⁠. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠⁠⁠⁠ page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You are listening to episode 43
0:02.5	Percentiles, BMI, and body image.
0:05.4	We're more than just a number on the scale.
0:07.8	Hey everyone. Welcome to the Pedes Doc Talk Podcast. I'm your host Dr Mona where each
0:19.5	week I hope to educate and inspire you in your journey through parenthood.
0:23.4	With information on your most common concerns as a parent and interviews with fellow parents
0:27.8	and experts in the field, my hope is you leave each week feeling more educated,
0:32.1	confident, and empowered in the decisions you make
0:34.6	for your child. Hello and welcome to this week's episode where I am welcoming back
0:48.0	Jessica Gust she was on my podcast when I first started the podcast. She is a pediatric dietician on
0:55.2	Instagram as element nutrition dot kids. I will add that to my show notes and we are
1:00.1	talking about BMI percentiles and body image in our children.
1:06.5	Thank you so much for being here today, Jessica.
1:09.2	Thanks for having me.
1:10.2	I'm honored to be back and glad to be chatting with you on this topic.
1:13.0	So we actually came up with this idea
1:15.0	of having this episode when we recorded the last one.
1:18.0	And we both really connected over how we look at body image for children and how the medical community is kind of
1:25.2	guilty in how we approach body image with our children and I know I see it as a
1:29.9	pediatrician with my colleagues I've been guilty of it in the past when I first
1:34.3	became a doctor and as I started to realize more about body image and how we talk to
1:39.4	children about their body I realize that percentiles and BMI and talking about
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Mona Amin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Mona Amin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.