Children's Hospital Boston is always working to improve awareness and management of obesity in children and to promote health lifestyles for children. The SonneWheel, out pediatric body mass index calculator, is a direct result of that work.
The SonneWheel lets clinicians combine body mass index (BMI) with a child's age and gender to estimate the BMI percentile. This makes it easier to determine if a child is underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. Children's Hospital Boston dietitian Kendrin Sonneville, MS, RD, LDN, invented this wheel. Shari Nethersole, MD, and other clinicians were also helpful in its development.
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