Record

Name: number:

Girls: 2 to 18 years DOB:

Body mass index (BMI)–for-age percentile chart

36 36

35 35

34 34
33 33

32 32

31 31

30 95 30

29 29

28 28

27 90 27

26 26
85
BMI (kg/m2)

BMI (kg/m2)
25 25

24 24
75
23 23

22 22

21 50 21

20 20
19 25 19

18 10 18
5
17 17

16 16

15 15

14 14

13 13

12 12
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Age (Years)

Above a Well above

Below a
Healthy weight healthy weight a healthy weight
healthy weight
5th percentile to 85th percentile to 95th percentile
< 5th percentile
< 85th percentile < 95th percentile and above
(underweight)
(overweight) (obesity)

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2000). The BMI for age chart takes the age, height, weight and sex of the child into consideration.
The CDC charts are appropriate for children aged 2 to 18 years old.
BMI Girls EQU V2 | MAY 2017

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