CNBC

Growing obesity crisis in U.S. prompts CDC to expand body mass index charts for severely overweight kids

The CDC has released new charts with higher BMIs to follow the growth of children who are severely obese. The previous BMI chart for children, published in 2000, is based on data from 1963 to 1980 but ...
NBC DFW

CDC Updates BMI Growth Charts for Kids to Reflect Rise in Childhood Obesity

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 ...
WSB Radio

CDC: Childhood growth chart revised to track severe child obesity

The nation’s childhood obesity problem prompts the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its BMI growth charts for kids. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the ...
Daily Mail

CDC extends child BMI scale because so many are 'off the charts' fat

US health officials have had to create a new body mass index (BMI) category for the most obese children because so many were 'off the charts fat'. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...