Use this calculator to determine whether a child is at a healthy weight for his/her height, age and sex. The BMI-percentile-for-age calculator automatically adjusts for differences in height, age and ...

Data for the BMI, Weight, and Height graphs come from U.S. Growth Charts (2000), National Center for ... recommend the use of BMI to screen for overweight and obesity in children beginning at 2 years ...

The findings were presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Malaga, Spain, where researchers stated that every ...

The first five years of a child's life may be key to preventing overweight and obesity in years to come, say the authors of ...

Background WHO New Growth Standards 2006 are considered appropriate for Indian population and clinicians and anthropologists can assess nutritional status of children much ... for weight-for-age (zwfa ...

In the UK, childhood obesity is a common problem, with nearly a third of children aged two to 15 now classed as overweight or ...

BMI charts are calculated for adults only (separate charts are available for children’s weight and heights). Inaccuracies can also occur if you're an athlete or very muscular as this can give ...

Children born to mothers with higher BMI in early pregnancy have greater weight and BMI from birth through age 10, regardless ...

Researchers used data from a study known as Generation R. The body mass index (BMI) of a child at the age of six is the best predictor of whether they will be obese in adulthood, a new study has ...