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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Weight Management for Youth

Understand how to address weight issues in children and teens with healthy guidelines, links to interactive and skill-building tools, and more.

  • About Child & Teen Body Mass Index (BMI)

    Explains how Body Mass Index (BMI) is used differently in children than in adults and provides information on calculating and interpreting BMI for children and teens.

    • HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  • BAM! Dining Decisions App

    Download the free Dining Decisions game to your iPad, iPhone, or Android device and see how healthy you can make your food plate!

    • HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Tips for Parents - Ideas to Help Children and Maintain a Healthy Weight

    Read about how parents or guardians can help prevent childhood overweight and obesity.

    • HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  • We Can! Resources for Your Family

    Find information to help your family stay healthy, including weight basics, eating right, and more.

    • HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  • Helping Your Child Who is Overweight

    Find tips and resources for parents to help children develop a healthy body image and learn healthy eating and physical activity habits. Also available in Spanish.

    • HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Weight-control Information Network

  • A Healthy Weight for Girls

    Find information for girls to learn about overweight and obesity, calories, and a healthy weight.

    • HHS, Office on Women's Health