It’s the rare parent who is at peace with the size of their infant. Most of us are somewhere between uneasy and distraught with how our babies plot on growth charts, no matter whether our children are ...

A new study suggests that most parents don't know how to read the charts and may think a child's weight is perfectly fine, when, in fact, the child is obese ...

Physicians use Body Mass Index (BMI) charts to help assess and monitor growth in children. The CDC recently announced a revised version of the children and adolescent BMI chart. The new chart has been ...

When it comes to measuring babies and young children, a growing body of research—controversial though it is—says one size fits all. Traditionally, nations have assessed children’s health by comparing ...

Seasoned child health and nutritional experts have cautioned parents against using body size alone as a measure of a child’s health, warning that chubbiness does not necessarily translate to proper ...