“no constitutional authority” Will the DCF care about the constitution when they come to take away your too fat kids? That will be the “enforcement” end of this.
The BMI guidelines are idiotic. I’ve used one to measure body fat loss. I’m about 6’ 205lbs, and the “guideline” was so low I’d have lose another 30 lbs to meet it.
I’m 54 - can bench near my weight(except for a recent impingement that’s put me out of the gym and off the golf course argggh!). I’d need to train like a 20yr old marathon runner to meet the guidelines.
Just craziness.
My two teenagers are both very thin and very muscular. Their BMI ranks in the upper percentile for their ages. The BMI works for most people, but at the extremes is not very accurate. Particularly for those under 18
Or should my 16 year old daughter who is a size 3 and dances 4-8 hours per day really get in better shape and lose weight? The unintended consequences of this could also be huge. I think we should take adolescent girls at high risk for eating disorders and constantly measure their BMI, then give them their percentile ranking. I don’t see a problem here, do you? /s
“The BMI guidelines are idiotic. I’ve used one to measure body fat loss. I’m about 6’ 205lbs, and the “guideline” was so low I’d have lose another 30 lbs to meet it.”
Yep, I am 6’0”, and weigh 240. Am I a little overweight, sure, but like you said, I can bench near my weight, I can still pass the Marine Corps PFT with 1st class numbers - but my doctor told me I am MORBIDLY OBESE! I asked him if he wanted to start working out with me and see how untrue that statement was? All he said, was well according to the charts, blah, blah, blah. He showed me the chart and according to it, I would need to weigh 186 pounds to be “normal.” Anything higher meant I was overweight. I told him I weighed 186# as a freshman in high school - I couldn’t get down to that weight if my life depended upon it! Heck the best shape I have ever been in was right after Marine Corps boot camp, and I only got down to 196# and I couldn’t stay awake. I even complained about it to the docs - I got a weight waiver to 220#!
These charts are STUPID! I told him if he mentions my weight again, I would find another doctor. He no longer says anything about my weight!