People 20 and older should use the Adult BMI Calculator. This calculator generates the BMI, BMI percentile, and BMI category for children and teens 2 through 19. The calculator also plots the BMI percentile on a growth chart and explains the results.

Growth charts are percentile curves showing the distribution of selected body measurements in children. Growth charts are used by pediatricians, nurses, and parents to track the growth of infants, children, and adolescents. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends:

2000 and 2022 CDC growth charts to calculate growth metric percentiles and Z-scores on children and adolescents from 2 to 20 years of age. Includes Weight-for-age, Stature-for-age, Weight-for-stature, and BMI-for-age.

2024年6月28日 · Percentiles are the most commonly used clinical indicator to assess growth patterns of children. Example: A 12-year-old girl who is 5 feet tall and weighs 136 pounds has a BMI of 26.6. On CDC's BMI-for-age growth charts, the girl's BMI is at the 96th percentile.

Boys table- BMI-for-age: 2 to 5 years (percentiles) Download: PDF ǀ Excel.

Click on the appropriate growth chart below to open a full-size chart (PDF) suitable for printing. Plot your child's BMI against your child's age on this chart. About every 6 months, return to this page to recalculate your child's BMI, BMI Percentile, and Energy needs.

This calculator can help to determine whether a child is at a healthy weight for his/her height, age and gender. The amounts of body fat, muscle, and bone change with age, and differ between boys and girls. This BMI-calculator automatically adjusts for differences in height, age and gender, making it is one of the best tools for evaluating a ...