What does that mean? I'm still worried! A. If your baby is "following the curve" of the growth chart, she's paralleling one of the percentile lines on the chart, and the odds are good that her ...

Parents are a competitive bunch. So when the pediatrician whips out a growth chart and ranks baby's height and weight in percentiles, it's easy to wonder if something's wrong. But growth ...

Learn how following the WHO growth curves may misdiagnose Inuit children's head sizes, leading to health disparities.

It's one of the first bits of info you're given after the birth, so it's little surprise that your baby's weight is on your mind from day one! But you shouldn’t worry about it. Growth charts plot a ...

A long infant won't necessarily become a tall adult—just like short babies don't always turn into small-statured people.In ...

In the early months of your baby’s life, this book is very important to you, as gauging your child’s growth is a key indicator that he is well and that he is drinking enough milk. In the past the ...

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 ...

The Harlem apartment where a 4-year-old boy was allegedly starved to death by his parents was stocked with food — but the ...

Effective treatment with dupilumab may allow younger children with severe atopic dermatitis and short stature to catch up on ...