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 ...

For decades, parents have viewed their child’s spot on the growth chart as if it were a grade on a test. But how useful are these diagrams, really, in communicating the state of your child’s health?

Physicians use Body Mass Index (BMI) charts to help assess and monitor growth in children. The CDC recently announced a revised version of the children and adolescent BMI chart. The new chart has been ...