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Maine: School's body-fat test causes uproar
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| 10-23-03
Posted on 10/23/2003 10:11:01 AM PDT by SheLion
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Anorexia anyone?
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:11:03 AM PDT
by
SheLion
To: Madame Dufarge; metesky; ozone1; pkmaine; Atomic Vomit; ROCKLOBSTER; mlmr; bogeybob; BM.Maine; ...
Bump
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:11:50 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)
To: SheLion
I recently read an article online which stated that the BMI scale was out of wack for people over 5'10" and was totally rediculous if you were 6'2" and over.
For people 5'10" and over, the best barometer is the old Height-Weight proportionate scale.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:16:59 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
To: SheLion
Dick Brouillette Is his middle name Creme'?
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:17:27 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: hobbes1
Is his middle name Creme'?
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:18:26 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)
To: SheLion
Next story:
TEACHER FIRED FOR TELLING KIDS THE TRUTH
To: xsmommy
unfrickinbelievable ping.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:18:55 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: hobbes1
eating disorders aren't enough of a problem with young girls, let's implement this crap
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:20:05 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: 11th Earl of Mar
BMI is NOT the Truth.
It is a fairly sad approximation, of what you need to weigh to be a pencil neck geek.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:20:21 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
That's not really the point though, is it?
;O)
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:20:50 AM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: xsmommy
Or...What about a Sixth Grader thats been lifting weights...
5th or 6th is where alot of little boys start
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:21:33 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: SheLion
"What about the kid's self-esteem?"
Sigh. I'm so glad that I homeschool. Liberal public school education = liberal hypocrisy and stupidity.
Leave the kids alone. They get enough messages from our culture that they must be perfect otherwise they are losers.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:22:04 AM PDT
by
demnomo
(Nazis were National Socialists not Conservative Capitalists...)
To: SheLion
Perhaps she's doing them a big favor and teaching them awareness of their health and physical condition.... This is a PE course after all.
Kids today need to start moving more. They are going to be in serious health later on - NOW is the time to get started on taking care of their bodies.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:25:24 AM PDT
by
CheneyChick
(Let the Hauskleaning Begin)
To: SheLion
If they gave a test for Fat HEADS, the "Department of Education" would be in trouble.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:25:40 AM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
(Muttly Axiom #1..."What cannot be eaten, must be sprayed.")
To: CheneyChick
all that is very true, but as the mother of a teenager, let me tell you, girls are obsessed with their weight as it is, and this kind of thing, a brightline test for FAT or NOT, is NOT a good thing. there are much better ways to get kids moving and health conscious.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:27:10 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
eating disorders aren't enough of a problem with young girls, let's implement this crap That's the truth! Now they will be purging themselves, thinking they are "too fat." What a pity. Only in the State of Maine! :(
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:27:49 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)
To: SheLion
I think it's a good idea to identify kids who may be developing a weight problem. Whether BMI does this, I don't know. I DO know that labeling a kid a fatass in front of his peers is a great way to crush him.
It appears this PE teacher just failed to think things through. But, PE teachers are probably less apt to feel the pangs of oversensitivity. Everyone can see who finishes last in a foot race, or who can't play a certain sport because of their limitations, etc. The teacher was probably thinking, "hey, you can't run the 200 meters without collapsing, why are you surprised when you discover you're overweight? We're not..."
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:33:56 AM PDT
by
Mr. Bird
To: CheneyChick
Kids today need to start moving more. They are going to be in serious health later on - NOW is the time to get started on taking care of their bodies. I realize that kids are more overweight today then what they were before, but I'm not sure if the schools taking it upon themselves to take body fat measures is the way to go. It seems that ever since Hitlery says "It takes a villiage to raise a child," that the parents have thrown their hands in the air and said "OK!" Raise my kids. It's a mess.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:37:25 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)
To: HEY4QDEMS
For people 5'10" and over, the best barometer is the old Height-Weight proportionate scale. Not sure just what that is, but if it's the old "insurance company" based tables, it's even worse. The very best is to have your % body fat measure directly, that is by measuring your density. This involves weighing you under water (full immersion) as well as normally. Fat is less dense than mussle or bone. In my case that would probably show me as less fat that I really am, because my extra dense bone structure would offset some of the fat.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:44:52 AM PDT
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: SheLion
It seems that ever since Hitlery says "It takes a villiage to raise a child," that the parents have thrown their hands in the air and said "OK!" Raise my kids. It's a mess. No doubt. Parents do need to be the primary influence here. I guess it depends all on how the information was packaged and presented to the kids at the school, i.e., if it was explained as a total health program with goals and objectives, nutrition awareness and how physical activity plays a role in staying fit. IMHO, kids are not being taught these things and PE class is a good place to start, provided they leave the class motivated and not discouraged.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:47:52 AM PDT
by
CheneyChick
(Let the Hauskleaning Begin)
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