Background: Weight for height in children is often assessed by comparing the child's weight-for-age centile with their height-for-age centile. However, this assessment has not been validated ...

Use this calculator to determine whether a child is at a healthy weight for his/her height, age and sex. The BMI-percentile-for-age calculator automatically adjusts for differences in height, age and ...

If you wonder how your body sizes up to others your age, it can help to compare to the average weight and height of teenagers. Keep in mind there are several factors that affect the average weight of ...

One of the most common questions we have received in our email inbox is "how much should I weigh?" In this article, we will explain 4 common methods to help you work this out. To determine how much ...

Hypertension in children is frequently undiagnosed. Normal blood pressure is currently defined as a function of two continuous variables, age and height for each gender. Applying the current cutoff ...

Watching your baby grow from a little love bug to a troublemaking toddler to a confident, independent child is one of the most exciting avenues of parenthood. As children grow, the anticipation of ...

The Department of Health (DH) today announced that the Hong Kong 2020 Growth References (HK2020), a new set of growth charts with new references and definitions, will be adopted starting from the ...