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What's the average height and weight for babies and toddlers – and does it actually mean anything?

Every child grows differently – It's totally normal for kids to be bigger or smaller than others at the same age. What's more important is that they grow steadily over time. Growth charts are just a ...
Healio

Even weight at high end of normal ups children’s risk for hypertension

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for developing hypertension in 5 years was 26% higher for children at the high end of average weight ...

High Blood Pressure in Kids Has Nearly Doubled—Scientists May Know Why

High blood pressure in kids has nearly doubled in 20 years, with one contributing factor standing out. International ...
EurekAlert!

Asking adults living with obesity if they were normal weight, plumper, or thinner during childhood could help determine their mortality risk

Being asked whether you considered yourself a normal weight, plumper or thinner as a child when attending a doctor’s appointment as an adult might appear like a very strange question to ask, but new ...
Nature

Pre-school children's attitudes to fat and normal male and female stimulus figures

OBJECTIVE: To investigate gender differences in attitudes to obesity in pre-school children. DESIGN: Evaluation of gender differences in judgements of stimulus figures varying in body shape and gender ...
Medscape

Does Childhood Weight Alter Health Risks in Adults?

Self-perceived weight as a 10-year-old may influence risks for all-cause mortality and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults who are overweight or obese, research presented on May 12, 2024, ...