The situation is more complex in children, where the BMI threshold of obesity varies with age and sex. The charts below show how the BMI obesity threshold changes with age for boys and girls.

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 ...

American children are increasingly tipping the scale, and the extra weight may be putting them at risk for immediate and future health complications, including depression, type 2 diabetes, and ...

It is a way of measuring how much body fat a person has i.e. whether a person is under- or over-weight. In children and adolescents, BMI changes with age and is different in males and females. Like ...

For children aged 2 and over ... 6 There are two ways to check your BMI: Use our BMI calculators Use the BMI chart. First, find your height in the left-hand column. Then, follow it over until ...

A recent study published in Pediatric Research explores the potential superiority of waist-to-height ratio over BMI as a measure of health. A BMI of 18.5 – 24.9 is deemed as healthy. According ...