RT Book, Section
A1 Lowry, Adam W.
A1 Bhakta, Kushal Y.
A1 Nag, Pratip K.
SR Print(0)
ID 7433568
T1 Chapter 5. Assessment of Nutrition and Growth
T2 Texas Children's Hospital Handbook of Pediatrics and Neonatology
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163924-8
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7433568
RD 2024/04/24
AB Body  mass  index  (BMI)  is  calculated  as  follows:  BMI  =  (Weight  in  kg)/(Height  in  m)2BMI  is  an  effective  screening  tool,  not  a  diagnostic  one.For  children,  BMI  is  age  and  gender  specific.Children  who  are  at  the  85th  to  95th  percentiles  are  considered  overweight.Children  who  are  at  or  above  the  95th  percentile  are  considered  obese.Children  who  are  below  the  5th  percentile  are  considered  underweight.BMI  charts:  www.cdc.gov/growthcharts  or  www.accesspediatrics.com