CALCULATING ENERGY NEEDS FOR OVERWEIGHT/OBESE 9 YEAR OLD

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Hello Everyone,

What weight would you use to calculate daily nutritional needs for a nine year

girl whose weight is in the 90th percentile for age, taking into consideration

that she is still a growing child that needs adequate energy, protein, etc for

healthy grown.  She is a healthy child with no medical complications and mom

does not normally provide junk food, sweets or soda at home; she provides treats

once a week.  The girl is a semi vegetarian, by choice (she does not like much

meat except chicken, every now and then).

I'm okay with the nutrition education part; I just need to know how to calculate

her daily nutritional needs.

Thanks, in advance.