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Key results The average age of the children was 10 years. Most studies reported the body mass index (BMI) z score: BMI is a measure of body fat and is calculated by dividing weight (in kilograms) by ...

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In children, BMI is often measured in a way that takes into account sex, weight and height as children grow older (BMI z score). The average change in BMI across control groups was between a 1.8 kg/m ...

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Because of this, the BMI calculator uses BMI-for-age percentile based on the CDC (Center For Disease Control and Prevention) growth charts for children and teens/young adults ages 2 to 20 years.