There are separate growth charts for weight, height, and head circumference. These simply represent the average weight, height, or head circumference of a bunch of normal children. You will see ...

For starters, healthy kids come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, and they don't grow at a steady rate, either. Your child can look very different from your friends' kids -- or from his own ...

Ireland has one of the highest rates of obesity in Europe, with one in five children and over 60% of adults living with ...

Medical conditions and other factors can affect a child's growth. Estimates are less accurate when parent heights are far from average and for children who are short for their age. Talk to your ...

Then, we generated standardising anthropometric measures in children including z score of height-for-age (HAZ) and z score of weight-for-age (WAZ) according to the WHO growth charts,16 17 and derived ...