![]() Karen Hacker encouraged healthcare providers to use the new BMI growth charts as a tool when working with children and adolescents with severe obesity. Instead, they are an extension of the existing curves to be used by those needing to track very high BMIs,” according to the CDC. “ do not replace the 2000 CDC BMI-for-age growth charts. The 2000-era BMI charts are still appropriate to use for most children and adolescents. What Happens to the Old BMI Charts for Children? To view the BMI-for-age growth charts, visit the CDC’s website. ![]() “Under the new guidelines, healthy BMI for kids can range from as low as around 13 to about 17 for a 6-year-old girl or boy to a range of as much as roughly 18 to around 26 for a 20-year-old young woman,” according to CNBC. The revised BMI chart for children is based on newer child population data from 1988-2016.Īlong with the extended percentiles, the new BMI charts will also allow pediatric healthcare providers and researchers to track a child’s trajectory against these new curves that reflect measurements of real children with obesity. Paula Newton, a pediatrician at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, told . “Everyone with a BMI over the 95 th percentile was lumped together in the same category of ‘obese’ .” “Under the previous charts, it was difficult to categorize the severity of obesity,” Dr. The BMI chart hasn’t been updated since 2000, when it was based on population data from 1963 to 1980. For instance, if a child’s BMI falls within the 60th percentile, it means that 60% of kids the same age had the same or lower BMI score,” according to. “Percentiles are a method of grouping and ‘ranking’ for easier comparison. The normal-weight BMI range varies over time as the child grows. The BMI chart for children is plotted based on percentiles. The BMI of an individual is calculated by dividing an individual’s height by their weight.įor adults, a normal BMI falls between 18.5 and 24.9. It does not diagnose the body fatness or health of an individual, according to the CDC.īMI is defined as “a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women.” What Is BMI?īMI is a measurement that helps clinicians and researchers screen people for weight categories that may lead to health problems. Let’s dig deeper into these changes and what they mean for Latinos! 1. Karen Hacker of the CDC in a statement. “The new growth charts coupled with high-quality treatment can help optimize care for children with severe obesity.” ![]() Prior to today’s release, the growth charts did not extend high enough to plot BMI for the increasing number of children with severe obesity,” said Dr. ![]() “Intervening early is critical to improving the health of our children as they grow into adults. Severe obesity is a BMI 120% higher than the 95th percentile, according to the CDC. Now clinicians can more easily see whether a child’s BMI falls within the range of underweight, ideal weight, overweight, obese, or severely obese, based on a percentile measured against other children of the same age and gender, according to CNBC and .Ī BMI higher than 95% of kids of the same age and gender is defined as obese. The revised charts extend to a BMI of 60 to account for the rise of severe obesity in children ages 2-20, according to the CDC. The CDC recently revised Body Mass Index (BMI) charts for children to help healthcare providers better track growth in children and identify “severe obesity.”īefore the update, BMI charts for children did not go above 37.
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