The old BMI charts were issued in 2000 based on representative data from the 1960s to 1980s. Because of a lack of data, children with obesity weren’t reflected in those charts, which extended to ...

Your child's BMI is typically reviewed at annual checkups, but sometimes doctors may not bring up weight issues with parents. So if you're interested in your child's BMI percentile, it's best to ...

The Kids BMI Calculator computes your child's body mass index (BMI). You'll learn whether your child's BMI falls into an underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese range.

In recent decades, severe obesity among children in America has nearly quadrupled, experts said. The old scale, which went up to 37, has been in use for more than two decades, ...

Our Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator can help men, women and children quickly measure their body fat in relation to their height and weight.

How the children’s BMI chart has changed. The previous iteration of the chart, released in 2000, was based on data collected between 1963 and 1980, when levels of obesity among children were lower.

The CDC's updated growth charts now allow for a classification of obesity in children that extends to a body mass index, or BMI, of 60, up from an index that had stopped at 37. The extended BMI ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Doctors calculate BMI for children and teens in the same way as for adults — by measuring height and weight. Then they locate the BMI number and person’s age on a sex-specific BMI-for-age chart.

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 ...