Use this calculator to determine whether a child is at a healthy weight for his/her height, age and sex. The BMI-percentile-for-age calculator automatically adjusts for differences in height, age and ...

American children are increasingly tipping the scale, and the extra weight may be putting them at risk for immediate and future health complications, including depression, type 2 diabetes, and ...

In children ages 2 to 19 years, BMI is measured as a percentile within a child’s age and sex. A child with a BMI in the 85th-94th percentile for their age and sex is considered overweight.

And those in the 75th percentile who also had a BMI of 22, 24, 26 and 28 would need to walk an additional 3,460, 4,430, 5,380 and 6,350 steps per day, as compared to those in the 25th percentile ...