Education News – Kristin Decarr
“Schools in nine states are keeping track of the weight of their students and sending updates to their parents as a sort of “BMI report card,” but a recent study examining Arkansas, the first state to implement the idea, has found the practice to have little effect, especially on older teenagers. According to study author Kevin Gee, the letters sent home do make an attempt to cut back the increasing rate of obesity. However, he added that they were unlikely to have any effect on the adolescents they are meant to help.”(more)