babysize compares the size and weight of an infant or toddler against the day-accurate standard curves of the WHO.
Simply run the program, specifying optionally the weight, length and head circumference of your child. Mandatory arguments are the gender and birthdate:
$ ./babysize -w 8.850 -l 72 -c 43 f 2019-01-01
Arm circumference for age / Percentiles
0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.9%
11.0 11.7 12.1 12.3 12.7 13.0 13.4 14.1 15.0 15.4 15.7 16.2 16.6 17.2 18.4
Body mass index for age / Percentiles
0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.9%
12.8 13.6 14.1 14.4 14.8 15.2 15.6 16.6 17.6 18.2 18.6 19.3 19.7 20.5 22.1
-> Estimated 61.8% percentile for a BMI of 17.1
Head circumference for age / Percentiles
0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.9%
40.2 41.2 41.8 42.1 42.6 42.9 43.4 44.3 45.2 45.7 46.1 46.5 46.9 47.5 48.5
-> Estimated 16.5% percentile for a head circumference of 43 cm
Length/height for age / Percentiles
0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.9%
64.1 66.0 67.1 67.7 68.6 69.2 70.1 71.8 73.5 74.4 75.0 75.9 76.5 77.6 79.5
-> Estimated 52.9% percentile for a length of 72 cm
Subscapular skinfold for age / Percentiles
0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.9%
4.0 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.9 6.6 7.6 8.1 8.5 9.2 9.7 10.7 12.8
Triceps skinfold for age / Percentiles
0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.9%
4.4 5.2 5.6 5.9 6.3 6.7 7.2 8.2 9.4 10.2 10.7 11.5 12.1 13.3 15.7
Weight for age / Percentiles
0.1% 1.0% 3.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 85.0% 90.0% 95.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.9%
5.9 6.5 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.9 8.5 9.3 9.7 10.0 10.5 10.8 11.4 12.6
-> Estimated 60.4% percentile for a weight of 8.8 kg
Code is GNU GPL-3. All the source data contained in who_data.json is from the WHO.