Child Obesity Chart

Child obesity can be officially diagnosed by a doctor using infant growth charts, or, for a teenager, the body mass index. The growth chart is a tool that compares your child's weight, for his/her height and age, with infants across the world. According to doctors, chubbiness is normal in babies, and your child should look noticeably fat for you to be concerned.By the time a child reaches the age of five, he or she should have the lowest fat and the lowest BMI. (In determining obesity, we use the BMI – Body Mass Index – a chart that uses a ratio of weight to height, dividing the person’s weight in kilograms by the square of their body’s height in meters. For children between the ages of 2 and 20, the BMI is calculated on a special

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