University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for tracking early childhood brain development.

Now, in a bid for better treatment and tracking of kids with high body mass index (BMI), the agency has issued extended growth charts for children with BMIs that aren’t reflected on the older ...

Many parents document their children's growth with marks on walls or door frames. But what happens when it's time to move or renovate?

A child is considered obese if they reach the 95th percentile on the growth charts, and severely obese at 120% of that mark — or with a BMI of 35 or higher, according to the CDC.

The nation’s childhood obesity problem has prompted the Atlanta-based CDC to change its BMI growth charts for kids.

Expanded growth charts released Thursday by the CDC now include a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37.

The existing growth charts for children and adolescents without obesity will not change, the CDC said, while the extended growth chart will be useful for health care providers treating patients ...

Well-heeled parents eager to give their children every advantage are demanding human growth hormone prescriptions for their kids, a trend one pediatrician dubbed "cosmetic endocrinology." ...