For the better development of your kid from infancy to a grown up child, a growth chart is very important. Today, this growth chart is very common in all medical practice for the better generation. They usually compare the unfair development of height and weight of the child to a healthy developing child. With the help of this diet chart, departure from the norms can be easily be marked out in the correct way. Medical growth charts guides the parents to measure the growth of weight and height of their child. These charts serve as excellent result and are very practical. Apart from this medical growth charts, there are far more attractive charts, which also provide excellent results.

You must be aware about the poster charts; these are growth charts for children designed to beautify kid's room and nursery. They are little bit attractive and easy to understand as it contains many colorful things to entertain such as birds, animals, flowers and mountains. Apart from all this, these posters charts are very economical. These charts are bright and attractive but cannot last as long as canvas or plastic charts can because these are simply a paper chart. Constant rubbing and marking can also damage these charts very soon. Finally, you would need to replace it very soon. So to save it from tear and wear, you should properly use and handle it. Some of these charts come in full sheets that can require you to cut it half to get the accurate length of it.

Apart from these poster charts, there are canvas growth charts for children. These charts are very durable and attractive for the nursery and kid's room. Canvas charts are easy to clean; you can just wipe it with a cloth. 100% top quality of canvas is used so children can touch their surface roughly without any risk of tear and wear.

Growth charts for children also measure the body mass index (BMI), which can easily calculate the height and weight of a child. Fat values can be more appropriately identified with the help of this chart. Children grow more rapidly than adults therefore the child's BMI value is plotted on a standard growth graph instead of general normal grade graph used for adults. There are different growth graphs used for boys and girls because there is a great difference in a diet of a girl and a boy. On the other hand, some factors such as lifestyle, living environment and age can also affect the child's BMI. You must also have noticed that children grow faster in the beginning but there is a great hike in their BMI graph as they reach puberty.

The children, whose BMI falls above 95th percentile are considered as obese but whose body mass index falls between 85th to 94th percentile are considered as overweight because of their extra body fat and high lean mass. A child, whose BMI lays between 5th percentiles to 85th percentiles is considered as healthy. At last, a kid, whose body mass index lies below fifth percentile, is considered as underweight. Hence, we can now say that growth charts for children are very important for the better development of children.