To see if your child is too skinny or overweight, there is a "weight for height" chart or a "BMI" index. These tell if your child's weight is close to what it should be, given her height.

The children of obese mothers, but not obese fathers, were less able to self-regulate food consumption.

BMI charts are calculated for adults only (separate charts are available for children’s weight and heights). Inaccuracies can also occur if you're an athlete or very muscular as this can give ...

BMI is incorporated into growth charts for children, drug dosing, and many other clinical practices, which can be changed to substitute. Many experts feel that every index is flawed since they all ...

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible ... Some 29 per cent of adults and one in ten children are obese by the time they start secondary school, according ...

exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy predicted higher child body mass index (BMI) and related obesity risk factors up to two years of age. Findings from the study, which ...

The role of both maternal and paternal BMI on how the child’s brain responds to food cues has never been investigated The current study examined the relationship between paternal and maternal ...