Baylor College of Medicine1y
Children's BMI & Energy Requirement Calculator
The calculator will also calculate a child's estimated energy requirement ... particularly very active athletic African American teenage boys, can have a high BMI-for-age due to extra muscle mass, not ...
Medical News Today11d
What is the average weight for a 13-year-old?
The CDC provides a BMI calculator for children and teens ... It typically begins in girls between the ages of 8 and 13 and in boys between the ages of 9 and 14. The process can be very different ...
Baylor College of Medicine11y
Understanding BMI
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.
Psychology Today2d
How Mom’s vs. Dad’s BMI May Affect Their Children
The children of obese mothers, but not obese fathers, were less able to self-regulate food consumption.
BMJ6y
Comparison of height, weight and BMI of Indian school children (6–14 years of age) with WHO New Growth Standards
Background WHO New Growth Standards 2006 are considered appropriate for Indian population and clinicians and anthropologists can assess nutritional status of children much ... for-age (zhfa) and ...
Medscape8y
The Impact of Long-term School-based Physical Activity Interventions on Body Mass Index of Primary School Children
This paper aims to examine the effectiveness of long-term (≥12 months) school-based PA interventions on body mass index (BMI) in primary school children, who are gaining BMI. Methods ...