Recommendations of Expert Committee on Childhood Obesity

• Physicians and allied health care providers should perform, at a minimum, a yearly assessment of weight status in all children, to include calculation of height, weight (measured appropriately), and body mass index (BMI) for age.
• Children ages 2 to 18 years, with a BMI of 95th percentile or greater for age and sex, or BMI exceeding 30 (whichever is smaller), should be considered obese. This term replaces "overweight."
• Children with BMI 85th percentile or greater, but less than 95th percentile for age and sex, should be considered overweight. This term replaces "at risk of overweight."
• Physicians and health care providers should address weight management and lifestyle issues with all patients, regardless of presenting weight, each year.

Source: Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity.