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Originally posted by RUgreek
On a report card for the parents, I don't see this as humilation since it's private statistics for the parents.
My question is, what do they do once they determine an obese child needs help? Do they force them to take part in an additional recreation class during school? Are they walking around with a scarlet "O" on their chests and only allowed to buy healthy food?
I think if you attack some weight problems when you're young, then maybe it can set you up for a healthier lifestyle for when you're older. A person who's aware of the risks in their current eating habits might feel better about themselves if they see results.
I support new ideas and experiments to problems like these. I would be very interested in hearing the kids thoughts and comments if they have an opinion regarding this policy.
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I don't know. I just don't see it making any kind of difference. If a kid is overweight, you know the kid is overweight. Parents can see it. How is putting the childs BMI on a report card (which by the way is not always accurate in determining health problems) going to help? Will it suddenly open the parents eyes on say "oh well I thought little Jimmy was just carrying around his baby weight, but now I see his BMI is at 32, he must be fat!"
And I still think it's pretty humilating for a child to go home and show his/her parents their BMI. No one likes going to home to show their parents a bade grade, what kid is going to want to go home and show their parents a bad BMI?