Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to determine whether their patients ...

Body Fat Percentage Chart by Sex The following data on average body fat percentage of men and women in the United States has been collected through the National Health and Nutrition Examination ...

The body mass index has been slammed as a blunt instrument for evaluating health. A new study finds that despite its flaws, BMI is effective at its higher end as an indicator of high body fatness.

The CDC released extended charts so clinicians can assess the growth and treatment of children and adolescents with severe obesity.The new charts “will be useful for anyone treating severe ...

The updates to extend the BMI-for-age growth charts by the CDC give providers another important tool for screening and managing patients facing childhood obesity.

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.