Comments on: Georgia State wants schools to monitor a child’s BMI score http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/ Parents' Healthy Nutrition Scoop! Nutrition for Kids, Easy Healthy Eating Tips, Wellness Tools and Facts for Easy Healthy Parenting Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:49:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GoPiano http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/comment-page-1/#comment-23208 GoPiano Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:25:48 +0000 http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/#comment-23208 <strong>GoPiano...</strong> Hello ;) Thanks heaps for this indeed!... if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Piano Links http://www.de.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!... GoPiano…

Hello ;) Thanks heaps for this indeed!… if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Piano Links http://www.de.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!…

]]> By: PianoMan http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/comment-page-1/#comment-23068 PianoMan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:49:24 +0000 http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/#comment-23068 Hello ;) Thanks heaps for this indeed!... if anyone else has anything to add, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Hello ;) Thanks heaps for this indeed!… if anyone else has anything to add, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super

]]> By: matt http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/comment-page-1/#comment-18501 matt Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:02:25 +0000 http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/#comment-18501 <strong>BMI tracking in school is a bad approach</strong> let parents and doctors be in charge. Thanks for the post BMI tracking in school is a bad approach let parents and doctors be in charge. Thanks for the post

]]> By: lori http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/comment-page-1/#comment-17500 lori Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:11:03 +0000 http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/2009/06/22/goergia-state-wants-schools-to-monitor-a-childs-bmi-score/#comment-17500 I completely agree with you, rather than taking repeat measurements, why not put that funding into more appropriate areas like PE, nutrition education and outreach programs. There are a couple of troubling things here; first, what are they going to do with these measurements? Send them home with a warning to parents? While we all want healthy, happy children, can we really mandate what a parent feeds their child (especially in these tough economic times when some families are struggling to put food on the table?). Secondly, what good do these do, except to identify "at risk" and "overweight" children? Odds are, the parent can see this, they do not need a number. If that is the case, then outreach and awareness may be better ways of approaching this issue, by offering information about how subtle diet changes can make a huge difference. And, back to the economic thing, many of these kids may not be enrolled in any sports programs right now. Increasing PE time may be their only opportunity for organized sports. And that's not a bad thing. Good luck! I hope that they see that this is really not the right approach, however well-meaning. I completely agree with you, rather than taking repeat measurements, why not put that funding into more appropriate areas like PE, nutrition education and outreach programs. There are a couple of troubling things here; first, what are they going to do with these measurements? Send them home with a warning to parents? While we all want healthy, happy children, can we really mandate what a parent feeds their child (especially in these tough economic times when some families are struggling to put food on the table?). Secondly, what good do these do, except to identify “at risk” and “overweight” children? Odds are, the parent can see this, they do not need a number. If that is the case, then outreach and awareness may be better ways of approaching this issue, by offering information about how subtle diet changes can make a huge difference. And, back to the economic thing, many of these kids may not be enrolled in any sports programs right now. Increasing PE time may be their only opportunity for organized sports. And that’s not a bad thing. Good luck! I hope that they see that this is really not the right approach, however well-meaning.

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