New BMI charts for children, teens with severe obesity by: Kristen Gallant. Posted: Dec 15, 2022 / 06:36 PM EST. Updated: Dec 15, 2022 / 06:36 PM EST. by: Kristen Gallant.

Rates of obesity are increasing among the child and adolescent populations in the US. Now the CDC has revised the BMI chart for those aged 2-20 to reflect different levels of severe obesity.

In recent decades, severe obesity among children in America has nearly quadrupled, experts said. The old scale, which went up to 37, has been in use for more than two decades, ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the ...