Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

The average U.S. male adult teetered on the verge of being obese. And the average U.S. female adult tipped the scale into obesity. Meanwhile, as children entered their teens, their average weight ...

Question: I have a seven-year-old daughter who is getting a little chubby. I give her fresh, healthy food in appropriate portions but she has access to loads of treats outside the home – on playdates, ...

Height and weight data were extracted from the latest medical records, and sex - and age - specific body mass index (BMI) z-scores and percentiles were calculated using the World Health Organization ...

The charts show the BMI percentiles for Norwegian boys and girls in the age group 2–19 years, and the areas between the different cut-off values for overweight and underweight are marked in grey.

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

For children, BMI is assessed using a dynamic percentile curve; for adults, the BMI categories are “rigid,” the authors noted.

Paternal obesity was associated with rapid BMI growth trajectories among offspring, especially in the presence of maternal obesity.

If you're looking for a child's BMI, use BMI percentile, which estimates a child or young person's weight compared with his or her peers of the same age, height, and sex.

Obesity was significantly more prevalent in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents compared with their non-Hispanic White peers and was potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a study ...