An infant growth chart is a tool that helps parents, doctors, and other health professionals track a baby’s growth over time. By recording key measurements, it gives a clear picture of how your baby ...

Picture this: In the same pediatrician’s office, two little boys happen to have their 3-year-old well visit on the same day. Both start with a nurse, who weighs them and measures their height. Then ...

"Growth numbers are described in percentiles, and everyone thinks they should be close to 100 because that's how we were graded in school,'' said Van Hubbard, director of the National Institutes of ...

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 Centers for ...

Doctors and other health professionals in the United States began using growth charts in 1977. Over time, pediatricians began routinely sharing them with parents, a practice that probably grew from ...