Growth in Children and Adolescents

The curves in this section were constructed from a study of body mass index curves in Kuwaiti adolescents aged 10-14 years (1). The study was published in 2008, and used data that had been collected between 1997 and 1999. It included 32,624 male and 30,209 female school students. Curves for younger children have also been published (2).

References

1. 1. Al-Isa AN et al. (2008) Body mass index of Kuwaiti adolescents aged 10-14 years: reference percentiles and curves. East Medit Health Journ  14(2):333-343. Abstract on PubMed.
2. 2. Al-Isa AN & Thalib L (2006) Body mass index of Kuwaiti children aged 3-9 years: reference percentiles and curves. J R Soc Promot Health  126(1):41-46. Abstract on PubMed.