Doctors can predict which babies will grow up to be obese, according to a new study. Researchers found the growth charts doctors use at check-ups can predict a child's risk of becoming obese later in ...

Centile curves of birth weight by gestational age are widely used in obstetric, paediatric and general medicine. During pregnancy, they are used to assess foetal growth and to screen for small and ...

Percentage vs Percentile: Percentages and percentiles are important concepts when it comes to examinations and results such as ICSE and CBSE Board Exam Results, JEE and NEET examinations, etc. in ...

A friend of mine said she has a dumb obesity-related question for me: How can 15 percent of kids be above the 95th percentile? Let me explain. My friend’s girls — like most kids nowadays — are ...

To elaborate Mexican growth charts based on international methodology. Data were obtained from the Mexican National Health Survey. The survey was stratified and probabilistic representative of all the ...