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Mom to state: My daughter's weight is none of your business (GA)
kvue ^ | July 31, 2017 | Catherine Park

Posted on 08/01/2017 3:24:51 PM PDT by bgill

The school said it required students to be between the 5 and 85 percentiles as far as BMI, which is marked in the nutrition category, and her daughter was in the 94 percentile.

After Dickens' husband received the letter in the mail, he immediately called his wife and asked, "So, is the school calling our kid fat?"

The letter required Dickens to bring her daughter to her pediatrician for further evaluation for her nutrition and must provide proof to the school that she did so.

"I understand hearing and vision because that affects their ability to be educated the proper way,” Dickens said.

(Excerpt) Read more at kvue.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: arth; bmi; nannystate; school; studentweight
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To: TalBlack

I want FedGov to read the Constitution and do everything in the enumerated powers - and nothing else. I want local schools to education our children in reading, math, science, history, civics, PE, and the arts - and nothing else. I want state and local government to do their jobs, enforce necessary and reasonable laws - and nothing else. The Nanny State is the enemy of freedom, and this weigh in for kindergarten is the Nanny State starting early.


21 posted on 08/01/2017 4:26:04 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Popman

Those charts have always been a bit iffy but my brother-in-law claims that at 5’9” and 250 lbs. that he’s just heavily muscled and big boned. I just consider him fat.


22 posted on 08/01/2017 4:28:31 PM PDT by libertylover (In 2016 small-town America got tired of being governed by people who don't know a boy from a girl.)
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To: bgill

School runs anti-bullying campaign for the students then proceeds to bully the parents.


23 posted on 08/01/2017 4:33:02 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: bgill

Can’t the girl just self-identify as a 50 year old skinny man? Seriously, schools now care about science/biology?


24 posted on 08/01/2017 4:34:31 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: bgill

I wonder what would’ve been checked off if the wookie’s parents would’ve received such a letter?


25 posted on 08/01/2017 4:38:58 PM PDT by azishot
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To: bgill

If she is white, it is our business...the State


26 posted on 08/01/2017 4:41:39 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: bgill

Two of my kids were in the 94th percentile for weight and height. My teenage girl is 5’9’’ and my son will probably grow to over 6ft tall. My other child is in the 24th percentile. She will probably be smaller than me and I’m 5’5.


27 posted on 08/01/2017 4:46:20 PM PDT by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: Popman

BMI is BS. George W. Bush was very fit but fat according to his BMI.

http://www.exercisereports.com/2006/08/08/body-weight-and-bmi-an-issue-for-george-w-bush/


28 posted on 08/01/2017 4:52:19 PM PDT by alephnull (Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a cult of death.)
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To: bgill

Mom and Dad are pretty chunky themselves

Mom claims kid is skinny....can’t be if her kid is in 94 percentile on weight


29 posted on 08/01/2017 4:56:33 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: liberalh8ter
School runs anti-bullying campaign for the students then proceeds to bully the parents.

I'd guess that being overweight is probably the number one predicator for being bullied and these same parents complaining over the letters they receive about their child's weight will be the first parents to complain when their kid is bullied for being a corpulent hambeast.

30 posted on 08/01/2017 4:59:27 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: factoryrat
If the voters in that municipality won’t or refuse to do that, then they deserve to suffer under the tyrants that they keep supporting.

Getting involved in your children's public schools takes time and effort. Much easier to piss and moan about "government-run indoctrination centers" on internet forums.

Here's a little secret: The schools would love it if more parents got involved.

31 posted on 08/01/2017 5:02:05 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: madison10
Why does the school system think it is their business.

When the kids get bullied, or diabetes, or have knee problems, who do you think the parents are going to blame? "They see her every day! They should've let us know if they thought something was wrong with her weight!"

32 posted on 08/01/2017 5:04:43 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: bgill

As a teen, I eat but I’m not even 100 lbs. Doctor said I’m healthy, even thou I’m a bit underweight...


33 posted on 08/01/2017 5:07:06 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: bgill

34 posted on 08/01/2017 5:20:18 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: bgill

The story behind the story is that the NIH is pushing states to do this *in response* to increasing numbers of children who are developing Type II diabetes, even in elementary school.

Not Type I, sometimes called juvenile diabetes, but Type II, which can be called induced diabetes.

BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is universally expressed in units of kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms and height in meters.

So, here is the benign answer:

If a five year old child has a BMI in the 94th percentile, a pediatric exam is warranted to determine if the child has an underlying medical condition. If so, this examination might save her life. The blood test will check for

Impaired Fasting Glucose and Impaired Glucose Tolerance
Blood Sugar
Glycated hemoglobin (hbA1C) (blood sugar over a several month period)
Liver function
Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Body Fat Index
Hormone levels


35 posted on 08/01/2017 5:47:29 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (HitlerÂ’s Mein Kampf, translated into Arabic, is "My Jihad")
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To: bgill

My kids were all below the charts until late highschool. I guess the government would have had a cow. Their grandfather was jockey size. Genetics.


36 posted on 08/01/2017 5:56:41 PM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: bgill

Everybody is required to between the 5% and 85% BMI percentile/ No Exceptions!


37 posted on 08/01/2017 5:57:12 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Winter is coming)
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To: Popman

Hey, I’m in shape!
Round is a shape........snickering


38 posted on 08/01/2017 5:57:19 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Big bones huh, well I’ve never seen a fat skeleton.


39 posted on 08/01/2017 6:00:17 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: madison10; DesertRhino; Yaelle; TalBlack; Pollster1; Drew68; factoryrat
Why does the school system think it is their business

Because society allowed the state to make it their business.

Don't get me wrong. I believe in the separation of school and state. Indeed, the 10th plank of the Communist Manifesto is "Free education for all children in public schools." In and of itself, that should have been enough for the good people of America to avoid public education. Nonetheless, here we are.

The phrase in loco parentis refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent. As a general rule, the public school stands in loco parentis during school hours. There have been several US Supreme Court cases that have drawn the boundaries between students' Constitutional rights and the state.

The salient point is that when anyone sends their child to public school, not matter how good or bad is the school, no matter how much money they've taken in the form of confiscatory rates of taxation, no matter who's on the Board, YOU/the parent, have voluntarily yielded some of your God-given rights to raise your child.

In some locations, the principle of subsidiarity actually works - you can work with the school. Sometimes you get a school that's not too overbearing. Sometimes you get a teacher that works within the confines of the union. My 10th grade English teacher (God rest her soul) turned us on to Ayn Rand and had us read Anthem (now THAT was an eye-opener...right when I was getting into Rush).

The fact remains, if your child is in public school then you have (wittingly or not) allowed the state to have added control over you as a parent. That great 10th grade English teacher can morph into a commie 11th grade English teacher, and you (generally) can't do much about it.

I am fully cognizant of the fact that not every family can homeschool, and not every family (having been financially crippled by real estate taxes) can afford private school (where you may have even FEWER rights). Each situation is unique. Therefore, when I read stories like this one, we SHOULD hold them up as evidence of the stupidity of the state. What we don't do often enough, is remember in loco parentis, and that this is what happens when you yield a little bit of liberty to gain a little bit of safety.

40 posted on 08/01/2017 6:03:32 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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