Q: My baby is small but my pediatric provider says she is "following the curve" so he is not worried. What does that mean? I'm still worried! A. If your baby is "following the curve" of the growth ...

A man with a beard and a black t-shirt measures his height with a tape measure. Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult.

For decades, parents have viewed their child’s spot on the growth chart as if it were a grade on a test. But how useful are these diagrams, really, in communicating the state of your child’s health?

Watching your baby girl grow is one of the most joyful experiences of parenthood. Between 12 to 24 months, she begins to move from infancy into early childhood, which is a stage full of physical, ...

Perhaps the most ubiquitous family tradition is charting kids' heights on a door frame. There's something especially sentimental about having your kid stand up against the door frame as you mark where ...

Father and son look at skeletons in museum exhibit. Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult. The average height of a ...