[struwwelpeter]

When Taylor Barbour came home with a BMI score of 32, seven points over the "normal range," his mother, Rosie Barbour, was none too pleased. Her anger was directed not at her 12-year-old son but at the school.

Hmmm... is 25% really the normal range for a 12 year old boy? The tables I found only go down to age 17 (from Army Regulation AR 600–9, 10 June 1987):

c. Maximum allowable percent body fat standards are as follows in table 2. However, all personnel are encouraged to achieve the more stringent Department of Defense (DOD)-wide goal, which is 20 percent body fat for males and 26 percent body fat for females.

Table 2 Maximum allowable percent body fat standards
Age Group: 17–20
Male (% body fat): %20
Female (% body fat): %28

Age Group: 21–27
Male (% body fat): %22
Female (% body fat): %30

Age Group: 28–39
Male (% body fat): %24
Female (% body fat): %32

Age Group: 40 & Older
Male (% body fat): %26
Female (% body fat): %34

[napscoordinator]

The Navy’s weight standards are:

under 40:
22 percent for men
33 percent for women

over 40
23 percent for men
34 percent for women