It's hard enough on kids to deal with academic stressors, but now state health regulators have mandated that public school students be weighed and measured to calculate their BMI. I do like the idea of disseminating more health information to students and their families, and hope it helps to decrease the percentage of overweight and obese children.
Check out the full article here: http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/01/18/public_schools_in_massachusetts_will_soon_calculate_and_report_body_mass_index_scores_for_students/
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