A new study suggests that most parents don't know how to read the charts and may think a child's weight is perfectly fine, when, in fact, the child is obese ...

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 ...

Every child grows at their own pace, and growth charts show typical patterns but not exact paths. Most children follow a similar growth curve from birth to puberty, with varying periods of quick ...

At a typical pediatric visit, parents and clinicians examine where a child falls on growth charts that compare their height and weight to national averages. Now, a team of University of Maryland ...

In addition to the breastfeeding assessment tools described here, other parameters that must also be assessed by health care professionals to assure that adequate milk transfer is occurring include: 1 ...

It is natural to worry when your baby grows slowly in the early months. But they catch up as they grow older. To deal with ...

Infants exposed to gestational diabetes in utero may not have as weighty of challenges as previously believed. A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Medical ...

Seasoned child health and nutritional experts have cautioned parents against using body size alone as a measure of a child’s health, warning that chubbiness does not necessarily translate to proper ...