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CDC Updates Growth Charts to Include More BMI Scores to Track Increasing Childhood Obesity

Por: NBC 6 South Florida World December 15, 2022

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AP 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 Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37, with additional categories to track obesity in kids ages 2 to 19. In recent decades, severe obesity among children in America has nearly... + full article



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