GA students' report cards may include their BMI twice per year.

[Nikamichi]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I think they have good intentions, but I doubt it will help. Those parents who don't notice that their children are fat probably don't care enough to pay attention to the report card.


: ) Amanda

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea. put phys ed back into schools. and include showers. seriously, having phys ed as first period= sweaty stank rest of the day...thats just disinsentive to even try.

Would be nice if there were personal shower stalls. I know that the women's locker room had them - but in the men's room it was just one big shared space that didn't even have a wall between it and the rest of the locker room. 😱

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea. put phys ed back into schools. and include showers. seriously, having phys ed as first period= sweaty stank rest of the day...thats just disinsentive to even try.

Would be nice if there were personal shower stalls. I know that the women's locker room had them - but in the men's room it was just one big shared space that didn't even have a wall between it and the rest of the locker room. 😱

I had two rules for showers like those:
1) Always look up or straight ahead.
2) Never share your soap.

 

[Triumph]

It doesn't take a BMI to tell you your kids are fat. And if you don't care that they're fat, a report card isn't going to help. Although it might shame the children into losing weight on their own, which is a good thing.

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: Triumph
It doesn't take a BMI to tell you your kids are fat. And if you don't care that they're fat, a report card isn't going to help. Although it might shame the children into losing weight on their own, which is a good thing.

I don't know, it's one thing to look at your kid and think they were getting a little big but if you saw a definate number value there would be no denying it.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea. put phys ed back into schools. and include showers. seriously, having phys ed as first period= sweaty stank rest of the day...thats just disinsentive to even try.

Would be nice if there were personal shower stalls. I know that the women's locker room had them - but in the men's room it was just one big shared space that didn't even have a wall between it and the rest of the locker room. 😱

I had two rules for showers like those:
1) Always look up or straight ahead.
2) Never share your soap.

3) Never drop the soap :Q

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Sharon Riviere, a mother of three children in DeKalb County public schools, said a child's body mass index and weight are nobody else's business.

"Can you imagine the teasing that would go on?" said Riviere, who has worked in health care and noted that weight is a subject people want kept confidential.

You've got to give the jocks something to work with, it must be impossible for them to tell whether a kid is breaking the scales or not without the BMI number 😕

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yea. put phys ed back into schools. and include showers. seriously, having phys ed as first period= sweaty stank rest of the day...thats just disinsentive to even try.

Would be nice if there were personal shower stalls. I know that the women's locker room had them - but in the men's room it was just one big shared space that didn't even have a wall between it and the rest of the locker room. 😱

yea reminds me of how they took off the doors on the toilet stalls. who the hell do the school admins think they are? treat kids like dirt really..what do they expect to happen.

 

[TheBDB]

BMI is not a good measure of anything.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
UNBELIEVABLE

What's so unbelievable?

This is Georgia, Arkansas and Texas we're talking about, originating Red State players in the U.S. take over by the Republicans and Christians.

Shirley you must be happy about this and everything they are doing.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: MrAustin
This is retarted.

Quoted for irony. 😀

The burn is almost unbearable, even from here. 😀

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
UNBELIEVABLE

What's so unbelievable?

This is Georgia, Arkansas and Texas we're talking about, originating Red State players in the U.S. take over by the Republicans and Christians.

Shirley you must be happy about this and everything they are doing.

Pennsylvania will begin measuring students' body mass index by 2008, and Texas is considering doing the same.

thanks for leaving out some facts, dave, but i know you aren't real big on those.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
UNBELIEVABLE

What's so unbelievable?

This is Georgia, Arkansas and Texas we're talking about, originating Red State players in the U.S. take over by the Republicans and Christians.

Shirley you must be happy about this and everything they are doing.

Someone is still bitter over the elections.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Someone is still bitter over the elections.

dave was bitter long before the elections.

 

[Martin]

Good idea, though BFP would have made more sense. Hell, it only takes a few seconds and its way more accurate.

 

[91TTZ]

BMI is a worthless measurement. Even when I was cutting last year, it said my BMI was too high. Yet they say that a man should be around 15% bodyfat, and I was only 12%

I'm not a meathead, either, people think I'm on the skinny side. I'm 5'10, 190 lbs.

The problem with BMI is that it doesn't differentiate between muscle and fat, and muscle weighs more than fat.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
BMI is a worthless measurement. Even when I was cutting last year, it said my BMI was too high. Yet they say that a man should be around 15% bodyfat, and I was only 12%

I'm not a meathead, either, people think I'm on the skinny side. I'm 5'10, 190 lbs.

The problem with BMI is that it doesn't differentiate between muscle and fat, and muscle weighs more than fat.

Again, like I said earlier, for most youths this isn't a problem. Once you get into high school things tend to change a bit but it should be done on an individual basis. A halfway competent P.E. teacher can tell if a middle line backer has a "bad" BMI of 30 or a "good" BMI of 30.

 

[screw3d]

BMI may not be very accurate, but I think it might be helpful here based on just the high probability that if some kid has high BMI, most likely he/she is overweight.. if not, well, the all is good and you can ignore that

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
muscle weighs more than fat.

no, it doesn't

 

[jagec]

Isn't everyone in Georgia fat anyway?

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
UNBELIEVABLE

What's so unbelievable?

This is Georgia, Arkansas and Texas we're talking about, originating Red State players in the U.S. take over by the Republicans and Christians.

Shirley you must be happy about this and everything they are doing.

Pennsylvania will begin measuring students' body mass index by 2008, and Texas is considering doing the same.

thanks for leaving out some facts, dave, but i know you aren't real big on those.

Has he ever been big on facts?

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
muscle weighs more than fat.

no, it doesn't

Muscle is denser than fat and weighs more per volume.

Please don't tell me that you're going to use an argument such as "a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of lead", because we all know a pound weighs a pound.

 

[desteffy]

that is awesome