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BMI Calculator for Child and Teen: English Version

  
This calculator provides BMI and the corresponding BMI-for-age percentile on a CDC BMI-for-age growth chart. Use this calculator for children and teens, aged 2 through 19 years old. For adults, 20 years old and older, use the Adult BMI Calculator.
 
Measuring Height and Weight Accurately At Home
 
  BMI Percentile Calculator for Child and Teen  English | Metric  
 
1.  Birth Date:
 
2.  Date of Measurement:
 
3.  Sex:
 
4.  Height, to nearest 1/8 inch:
  feet,  inches,  fractions of an inch
(12 inches = 1 foot; Example: 4 feet, 5 1/2 inches)
5.  Weight, to nearest 1/4 (.25) pound:
  pounds,  fractions of a pound
(8 ounces =  1/2 pounds; Example: 75 3/4 pounds)

 

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Page last reviewed: July 30, 2007
Page last updated: January 15, 2009
Content source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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