If your child is in the 75th percentile for weight for example that means 74 percent of children her age and gender weigh less and 24 percent weigh more. Please contact growthcharts at rcpchacuk for any further information. Doctors typically use different growth charts depending on your childs age. Our charts allow health professionals to plot and measure your childs height and weight from birth to young adulthood. Your doctor will normally calculate your childs weight and height as a percentile. However children who have been plotted on the nicm chart up to age two years can transfer straight onto the 2 18 chart.
If you are under 18 or want to check if your child is a healthy weight use the bmi healthy weight calculator which is suitable for adults and children. It isnt suitable for children or people under 18. This is something you may have done when your child was a baby using the growth charts in the personal child health record red book. F f information and training materials see fact sheet and presentation on wwwgrowthchartsrcpchacuk this chart is mainly intended to assess the growth of school age boys. Charts for the early years for boys and girls from 0 to 4 years as well as babies who need close monitoring and including the charts used in the parent child health record for new parents. Once your childs bmi has been calculated theyll be in 1 of 4 categories.
Uk growth chart 2 18 years a ny o ew hm a su rcild p t s ho ul db ei tay rn p v. By comparing your childs weight with their age height and sex we can tell whether theyre growing as expected. It combines data from the uk 1990 growth reference for children at b irth and from 4 18. The growth of most children less than four years of age should be plotted on the more detailed uk who 0 4 year growth charts. This heightweight chart is only suitable for adult men and women.