Measure your child's physical development with scientific standards. Percentile values show how your child's growth compares to peers.
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In children, BMI should be evaluated based on BMI-for-age percentiles rather than the absolute value.
Weight for Age
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Percentile
Height for Age
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Percentile
How to Read?
The orange dot represents your child's current position, while the dashed line represents the global average (WHO Median). Proximity to the median indicates standard development.
A percentile is a medical standard used to compare a child's physical growth (height, weight, head circumference) with other healthy children of the same age and gender. This term, meaning 'one-hundredth,' is the most reliable tool for understanding your child's growth pace. For example, if a child is in the 25th percentile for height, they are taller than 25 out of 100 children of the same age.
One of the most important findings of modern pediatrics is that every child has their own growth rate. Therefore, any value below the 50th percentile (the midpoint) doesn't necessarily mean 'insufficient' growth, just as values above it don't necessarily indicate 'excessive' growth. What matters most is the consistency of your child's growth curve over time.
Values between the 3rd and 97th percentiles are generally considered normal. If a child consistently stays within the 10th percentile and their growth line remains parallel, this is usually healthy. However, a sudden drop from one curve to another (e.g., from 75th to 25th) or falling below the 3rd percentile are conditions that should be examined by a pediatrician.
The data used in this tool are based on the global standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for children aged 0-5. WHO standards are 'normative' curves representing how children everywhere should grow under ideal living conditions (nutrition, breastfeeding, etc.).
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