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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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out changes to growth charts adding categories for children and adolescents with severe obesity. The charts were based ...

New research points to a better way to measure obesity than body mass index. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Body mass index was ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released new body mass index charts for children in response to the growing obesity crisis in the U.S. The previous BMI chart for children ...