Prenatal and early-life factors significantly influence childhood obesity trajectories, highlighting the need for early ...

In this large, nationwide population-based cohort study, a preconception BMI in the category of underweight, overweight, or ...

Question: I have a seven-year-old daughter who is getting a little chubby. I give her fresh, healthy food in appropriate ...

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

Calculating BMI this way is useful, as it accounts for the natural changes in body fat as kids grow and develop, which are both normal and healthy. To work out where your child falls on the chart, you ...

One of the more significant challenges we face as parents is making sure our kids are growing at a healthy rate.

US Center for Disease Control These charts use percentile lines to plot a child’s measurements as a growth curve, which is then compared to the expected – or ideal – range of weights and ...

Eligible participants were children (6 to <12 years of age) with obesity, which was defined as an age-adjusted and sex-adjusted BMI in the 95th percentile or higher, according to the Centers for ...

A chart from the CDC allows medical professionals to determine a child’s BMI percentile (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) by tracking their BMI and age ...

The body mass index has been slammed as a blunt instrument for evaluating health. A new study finds that despite its flaws, BMI is effective at its higher end as an indicator of high body fatness.