Chart help
Hi Tom,
You are right, there are no growth charts that go into the morbidly obese range, for a variety of scientific reasons. So what to do to "chart" out your weight and see where you are in relation to others?
I suggest the following: go to the CDC website and pull up a standard BMI for age chart. (go to cdc.gov, and enter growth chart under the search menu).
There will be a chart for boys and a chart for girls.
Then, go to your age, and see what the BMI is for the 50th percentile. If that the average BMI is let's say 20 for a 16 year old, and your BMI is 70, then you can divide 70 by 20 and see that your BMI is 350% of the average BMI for your age. In other words, 250% (or 2.5-fold) over the average.
Now, the important thing is what sorts of things you are doing to get control of your weight.
Warmest regards,
tom inge
You are right, there are no growth charts that go into the morbidly obese range, for a variety of scientific reasons. So what to do to "chart" out your weight and see where you are in relation to others?
I suggest the following: go to the CDC website and pull up a standard BMI for age chart. (go to cdc.gov, and enter growth chart under the search menu).
There will be a chart for boys and a chart for girls.
Then, go to your age, and see what the BMI is for the 50th percentile. If that the average BMI is let's say 20 for a 16 year old, and your BMI is 70, then you can divide 70 by 20 and see that your BMI is 350% of the average BMI for your age. In other words, 250% (or 2.5-fold) over the average.
Now, the important thing is what sorts of things you are doing to get control of your weight.
Warmest regards,
tom inge
Thomas Inge, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (www.childrenscolorado.org/bariatric)
Principal Investigator, Teen-LABS (www.Teen-LABS.org)
Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado, Denver
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