Average girls body mass index charts

The standard CDC charts of childrens Body Mass index (BMI) are the new recommended method to judge if a girl child is overweight, obese, normal or underweight.

Use the Body Mass Index BMI calculator to calculate BMI = (weight in kilograms) divided by (height in meters)².

Then, look up the BMI and Age on these charts, to see if the the BMI is higher than the 85^th percentile or 95^th percentile lines, which the CDC defines as girls Overweight and Obese thresholds.

Any values of body mass index between the 5^th and 85^th percentiles, are considered to be within the Normal range for a girl child, not overweight or underweight.

Here is a more complete on-line version of the girls body mass index for Age chart:

You can also download the CDC's own .pdf version of the chart, which has the best printed appearance, from CDC girls BMI chart.pdf. And perhaps you'd like to see a chart of adult Womens BMI, because a woman doesn't stop changing at age 20.

Surf onward to:

• Return to the Body Mass Index  calculator for women,
• Or to the other BMI calculator, which is more gender neutral,
• Or see the Boys BMI chart, (similar to this page),
• Or visit the halls.md homepage index of all the health calculators.

Last modified 10-November-2003
by Steven B. Halls, MD, Copyright.