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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wtf is an 88% BMI?[/quote]

His Body Mass Index is at the 88%ile. It is a pretty standard measure of relative weight.[/quote]

It usually listed as an integer between 0-25. Never heard it as a percentile. [/quote]

Your pediatrician doesn't show where your kid falls on the height and weight growth charts? They are pretty standard.

[img]https://www.chartsgraphsdiagrams.com/HealthCharts/images/growth-2-20-boys.png[/img][/quote]

This is a stupid rabbit hole but my answer is no. Pediatrician just says “kid is on track, X% height and X% weight”and plots it in the growth chart.

That’s different compared to BMI.[b] I haven’t heard BMI expressed as a percentage since BMI is based on a height/weight combo, and it doesn’t seem like the most helpful metric when expressed as a percentage. [/b]

Doesn’t make sense to me but it’s not a hill to die on.[/quote]

DP. Okay.

The BMI percentile is how the American Academy of Pediatrics defines the weight categories (underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese). Same for American Academy of Family Physicians. Same for US Preventive Services Task Force. Same for CDC. Same for standard research metrics.

FYI.

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/obesity/Pages/Body-Mass-Index-Formula.aspx
https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/uspstf-high-bmi-interventions-youth.html
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
https://www.cdc.gov/growth-chart-training/hcp/using-bmi/screening-measure.html
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