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 ...

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.

Even medical professionals use BMI to assess health risks associated with obesity, excess or low weight. This calculator computes your body mass index based on your gender, age, height and weight.

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

In children and adolescents, BMI changes with age and is different in males and females. Like growth charts, BMI charts allow us to understand whether a child’s BMI is ‘normal’ by comparing it with ...

Background WHO New Growth Standards 2006 are considered appropriate for Indian population and clinicians and anthropologists can assess nutritional status of children much ... for weight-for-age (zwfa ...

BMI charts are calculated for adults only (separate charts are available for children’s weight and heights). Inaccuracies can also occur if you're an athlete or very muscular as this can give ...