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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal ...
However, these still contained many limitations and revised versions, as new information became available. [1] The 2000 CDC growth charts - a revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts - are the current standard tool for health care providers and offer 16 charts (8 for boys and 8 for girls), of which BMI-for-age is commonly used for aiding ...
Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL ... CDC Growth Charts: United States, Girls 2 - 20 years old. Date: 2000: Source: ... This chart uses embedded ...
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Growth charts can also be compiled with a portion of the population deemed to have been raised in more or less ideal environments, such as nutrition that conforms to pediatric guidelines, and no maternal smoking. Charts from these sources end up with slightly taller but thinner averages. [1] Growth curve of a girl, compared to the 2006 WHO curves
The healthy BMI range varies with the age and sex of the child. Obesity in children and adolescents is defined as a BMI greater than the 95th percentile. [47] The reference data that these percentiles are based on is from 1963 to 1994 and thus has not been affected by the recent increases in rates of obesity. [48]
BMI for age percentiles for boys 2 to 20 years of age ... for BMI in children vary with age and sex. ... childhood obesity was 11.1% and 2.7% in girls, 8.2% and 1.5% ...
Short title: Birth to 36 months: Boys, Length-for-age and Weight-for-age percentiles: Image title: CDC Growth Charts: United States: Author: NCHS: Keywords