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WHO 5–19 years
Height, BMI (and weight up to 10 years) by the WHO reference 2007
About this calculator
Height-for-age and BMI-for-age by the WHO Growth Reference 2007 for school-aged children and adolescents; weight-for-age up to the 10th birthday.
The z-score (SDS) describes the deviation from the median in standard deviations; the percentile is the proportion of the reference population with a smaller value.
Frequently asked questions
WHO 5–19 years: What does this calculator compute?
Height-for-age and BMI-for-age by the WHO Growth Reference 2007 for school-aged children and adolescents; weight-for-age up to the 10th birthday.
WHO 5–19 years: Which sources is this calculator based on?
de Onis M, Onyango AW, Borghi E, Siyam A, Nishida C, Siekmann J. Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents. Bull World Health Organ. 2007;85(9):660–667.