Our charts allow health professionals to plot and measure your childs height and weight from birth to young adulthood. Overweight children are thought to be at increased risk of a variety of health conditions and theyre also more likely to be overweight as adults. Charts for the early years for boys and girls from 0 to 4 years as well as babies who need close monitoring and including the charts used in the parent child health record for new parents. By comparing your childs weight with their age height and sex we can tell whether theyre growing as expected. This is something you may have done when your child was a baby using the growth charts in the personal child health record red book. For children and young people aged 2 to 18 the bmi calculator takes into account age and gender as well as height and weight.
The growth of most children less than four years of age should be plotted on the more detailed uk who 0 4 year growth charts. If your child is in the 75th percentile for weight for example that means 74 percent of children her age and gender weigh less and 24 percent weigh more. Please contact growthcharts at rcpchacuk for any further information. Once your childs bmi has been calculated theyll be in 1 of 4 categories. Many parents and doctors use height and weight charts as a tool to evaluate how a kid is developing. Charts below are derived from the guidelines and growth charts provided by centers for disease control and prevention cdc and world health organization who and they will focus on providing an average weight range as well as normal range of height and weight for kids in different age groups.
Your doctor will normally calculate your childs weight and height as a percentile. However children who have been plotted on the nicm chart up to age two years can transfer straight onto the 2 18 chart. The bmi calculator works out if a child or young person is. Doctors typically use different growth charts depending on your childs age.
Gallery of Uk Children S Height Weight Chart
