It’s the rare parent who is at peace with the size of their infant. Most of us are somewhere between uneasy and distraught with how our babies plot on growth charts, no matter whether our children are ...

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders - giving healthcare professionals and families clearer guidance on how a child is developing - have been created by an international team, led by ...

Picture this: In the same pediatrician’s office, two little boys happen to have their 3-year-old well visit on the same day. Both start with a nurse, who weighs them and measures their height. Then ...

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 Centers for ...

Seasoned child health and nutritional experts have cautioned parents against using body size alone as a measure of a child’s ...

Researchers have developed a set of growth charts for the brain. These 'brain charts' provide reference models for brain development and ageing across the entire human lifespan, based on a very large ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia have a shorter median height and higher body weight at age 20 years ...