What does that mean? I'm still worried! A. If your baby is "following the curve" of the growth chart, she's paralleling one of the percentile lines on the chart, and the odds are good that her ...

Parents are a competitive bunch. So when the pediatrician whips out a growth chart and ranks baby's height and weight in percentiles, it's easy to wonder if something's wrong. But growth ...

For starters, healthy kids come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, and they don't grow at a steady rate, either. Your child can look very different from your friends' kids -- or from his own ...

BMI Categories for Children and Teens 120% of the 95th percentile Class 2 Obesity 140% of the 95th ... Plotting a child's BMI on the proper CDC growth chart (see charts below) can alert parents to ...

Data for the BMI, Weight, and Height graphs come from U.S. Growth Charts (2000), National ... for overweight and obesity in children beginning at 2 years old. BMI-for-age weight status categories and ...