We had kids at our middle school start to have eating disorders after they started weighing the kids and measuring the kids' BMIs with some sort of electrical machine. I refused to have my (rail-thin) daughter participate. The school should be positively advocating enjoyment of physical fitness (rather than the "P.E. jock" mentality some of us came to hate in the "old days" where we were made to feel terrible if not particularly good at sports) and healthy eating and leave it at that. The school is not the parent, and it's not the school's responsibility to take over that role.
I don't think the education types care about anything but control now a days.
You are right....they have no business doing the parents job.
This BMI fiasco is proof that they have gone into areas where they don't belong.
But if you are in Texas, take a look at what is going on in Austin these days......
There is no end in sight.
As for physical fitness.......
There are too many school psych types out there screaming that PE is depressing to those who don't like to exercise.
They may feel outcast.....it may affect them long term...blah...blah...blah.
meanwhile...its perfectly ok for the kids to download violent games, music, and adult images on the school computers because......
It broadens their minds......
Something has gone really wrong....
I'd be happy if the schools removed soda machines from their campuses. My kids also get more unhealthy snacks at school The school parties just load up the kids with junk. At times it just gets to be toooooo much.
One of my daughters is a little chunky, so I don't like her eating junk. My son is really skinny, but he tends to eat the junk and skip the healthy food.