This calculator provides BMI and the corresponding BMI-for-age percentile on a CDC BMI-for-age growth chart. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for ...

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...

For parents, a visit to the pediatrician usually involves a discussion of where their child falls on a growth chart established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, in a bid for ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out changes to growth charts adding categories for children and adolescents with severe obesity. The charts were based ...

Long Island health officials say updated CDC growth and body mass index charts that track obesity in children are useful at a time of skyrocketing childhood obesity, made worse by the pandemic — one ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Last year, the CDC released new BMI-for-age growth charts for children. The CDC defines severe obesity as a BMI ...

I would like to be able to show parents their child's ideal weight range to help convince some of them that their child is overweight. Traditional charts for children are often difficult to show to ...

Are you worried that your pre-teen may be gaining weight? A major growth spurt often occurs during the pre-teen (middle school) years. Every part of a child's body changes in size and proportion.

According to the CDC, 1 in 5 kids between the ages 6 and 19 are overweight in the U.S. However, if you ask these kids' parents, you may get a different story. Dealing with obesity as a child can be ...

For children, getting weighed and measured is a routine part of a visit to the doctor. Parents may notice that the nurse enters the information onto a growth chart where a little dot indicates where ...

We all know our nation has a problem with obesity. Unfortunately our children have not escaped being a part of this problem. Overweight children are likely to become overweight adults. There are many ...