Early training for parents on healthy feeding and other parenting practices led to lower body mass index (BMI) for 3- to ...

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 ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

The trial included 82 children with an average BMI of 31 who either got a once-daily injection of liraglutide or a placebo for 56 weeks. Every child and their parents in the study also met ...

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.

Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

The role of both maternal and paternal BMI on how the child’s brain responds to food cues has never been investigated The current study examined the relationship between paternal and maternal ...

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 ...

Varanasi: Mobilising people to go to playgrounds to ward off diseases, Governor Anandiben Patel asked for the incorporation ...

Image: Andrew Agbaje. Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in ...