Sure, it's a lifelong skill. But my point is that reporting BMI may not be the best measure of whether the skill needs work, particularly in pre-adolescents. Apart from the examples given in the article, some kids are skinny for a while then fill out, and others are chunky for a while then have a growth spurt, and including either of these groups would, it seems to me, distort what the reporting is supposed to measure. Questionnaires on diet might be better, perhaps *associated* with BMI...but if the goal is to have a conversation with the parents of certain kids, then why not just have it?
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > my question is whether we even know that fat kids become fat adults. > > > I don't think this should matter in this case. Being a healthy person is > just as important as a kid, a teen, a young adult, middle aged, or older. > Learning good health, diet, and exercise should be a lifelong skill, not > simply taught at one specific point in a person's lifetime and disregarded > the rest. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345369 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
