For parents, a visit to the pediatrician usually involves a discussion of where their child falls on a growth chart established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, in a bid for ...

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...

She doesn’t know whether they just missed it, or whether they deliberately didn’t paint over the growth chart that marked the height changes of her four children, ages 8 to 14. It’s not the ...

Wilkerson creates a kids' growth chart ruler that lasts for years, combining practical measurement with sentimental keepsake ...

Researchers at QIMR Berghofer have developed a computer-based “growth chart” that could potentially transform the way paediatricians monitor child brain health and allow for earlier identification of ...

Snacking and grazing throughout the day, as opposed to structured mealtimes, could limit children's growth, finds new research by Cardiff University. A new study has investigated the influence of ...

AMSTERDAM — Children with short stature related ... likelihood of being below the 25th percentile of height on growth reference charts. Such children are also at a higher risk of having low ...