HELP! Dr says 10yr old girl underweight

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/hg/pg13.html

http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/

The second one leads you to more links on body mass index and such as well. I hope these help.

Sue

She dances for seven hours a week on her dance team. She plays outside a lot, so she burns a lot of body fat (I should have her problem)

I try to give her as many vegetables as possible...she will eat scrambled eggs with cheese, most meats...and loves Broccoli. You should also give her a multi vitamin. I suggest the "Flinstones Complete" (they are yummy)

Let her have ice cream, P-nut butter, Oveltine (chocolate milk stuff). BUT other than being mindful of WHAT she eats...don't stress about how much she eats, it will only make things worse.

I think it is important to separate weight from nutrition. The anemia would worry me, IOW, the weight would not. Concentrate on making sure that her diet is as excellent as you can possibly make it. Instead of pumping calories in the kid, rather make sure that every calorie she does consume packs maximum nutritional value. One example would be cookies. When dd wasn't eating well, I used to make my own cookies. I would reduce the sugar and add a cup of finely ground walnuts, dried apricots and raisins. I also used to make batches of pureed soups and freeze them in portions. It is easy to make a pureed soup with a flavor the kid likes, but at the same time add some spinach, some meat and anything else you think she needs. Make them with a milk bechamel and you have added calcium and calories as well. Bechamel can be made with olive oil instead of butter. The portions can be nuked quickly and makes a better snack than a stick of string cheese. For breakfast I make my kid oatmeal from raw oats and milk. I add other rolled grains, chopped nuts, sunflower seeds and chopped dried fruit. Dried fruits and nuts are high in minerals, calories and for apricots also iron.

Don't feel bad, just take some action.