Its about a lifestyle that includes healthy eating regular physical activity and balancing the number of calories you consume with the number of calories your body uses. Infants children and adolescents. National center for health statistics nchs. National health and nutrition examination survey data. The key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight isnt about short term dietary changes. However the bmi formula has been adapted for height measured in inches and weight measured in pounds.
Weight the mass of the child in metric and standard units. This tool is based on data from the centeres for disease control cdc growth charts released in 2000. Because of possible rounding errors in age weight and height the results from this calculator may. Centers for disease control and prevention cdc. The cdc growth charts are recommended for use in clinical practice and research to assess size and growth in us. In some cases including consideration of pharmacotherapy more stringent definitions of short or tall stature are used with thresholds of 3rd percentile or 1st percentile for short stature.
United states 19992000 through 20152016 tables 2 4 6. Weight age 23 41 gestational weeks length age 23 41 gestational weeks head circumference age. Percentile the weight percentile of the child. Weight 68 kg height 165 cm 165 m calculation. 68 165 2 2498. With the metric system the formula for bmi is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
The cdc growth charts are recommended for use in clinical practice and research to assess size and growth in us. Because height is commonly measured in centimeters divide height in centimeters by 100 to obtain height in meters. Waist circumference in inches. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a non federal website. Infants children and adolescents. It is most accurate to measure height in meters and weight in kilograms.
Graph plot weight versus age graph with 5 10 25 50 75 95 and calculated percentile lines. Age the age of the child in months. Weight kg height m 2. Height and weight must be measured to calculate bmi. Weight length china 0 3 years weight height china 3 18 years preterm infant growth charts. The clinical growth charts for infant length for age and infant weight for age were revised to improve the appearance of the scale for inches on the length charts by extending the indicators at ½ inch increments and enhancing alignment of the english with the metric scales on both the length and weight scales.
English español spanish this calculator provides body mass index bmi and the corresponding bmi for age percentile based on cdc growth charts for children and teens ages 2 through 19 years. Mean body weight height waist circumference and body mass index among adults.
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