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NEW: CDC Extended BMI-for-age growth charts for very high BMIs
Released December 15, 2022, these charts extend to a BMI of 60
Educational Materials
- Use and Interpretation of the WHO and CDC Growth Charts for Children from Birth to 20 Years in the United States [PDF – 67 KB]
- Tools to Calculate BMI
- Case Study: Comparison of 1977 and 2000 Growth Charts
- CDC Growth Chart Training
- Overview of the CDC Growth Charts for Use with Children Aged 2 Years to 20 Years
- Using the CDC BMI-for-age Growth Charts to Assess Growth in the United States Among Children and Teens Aged 2 Years to 20 Years
- Using the WHO Growth Charts to Assess Growth in the United States Among Children Ages Birth to 2 Years
This online training course was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to train health care providers and others who measure and assess child growth on how to use the World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards to assess growth among infants and children ages birth to 2 years.