This data may help indicate your general health status, nutrition and dietary adequacy, and growth. Height and other anthropometric data are published in national growth charts and have several ...

To determine how much you should weigh (your ideal body weight) several factors should be considered, including age, muscle-fat ratio, height, sex, and bone density. Some health professionals ...

It's likely your child's weight and height are higher or lower than the average. If so, don't worry – it doesn't mean there's a ...

There are separate growth charts for weight, height, and head circumference ... that means that out of 100 normal children her age, 50 will be bigger than she is and 50 smaller.

For example, a boy at the 25th percentile for height is taller than 25% of boys his age. If a girl is at the 40th percentile for height, she is taller than 40% of girls at that same age. Hypertension ...

Estimates are less accurate when parent heights are far from average and for children who are short for their age ... child's height or growth. Sign up for the Parenting and Children's Health ...

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is an important health issue in children ... has a healthy blood pressure for his/her height, age and gender. In boys and girls, the normal range of blood pressure ...