[Closed] the school tell me that miniG boy is overweight..

You know him best, my kids change daily,hormonal girls 8O, are you worried? if not, continue as normal. there should be an 'underheight 'column in these charts, and a health warning!

It does seem to me that a lot of people like the "BMI is total bobbins because rugby players come out as obese" defence, burying head in sand...?

It's not the school, it's the [url= http://www.hscic.gov.uk/ncmp ]National Child Measurement Programme[/url].

Good link Miketually I've just read the NCMP simple guide (16pages :)).

I think that "BMI is relatively cheap to obtain and easy to calculate" says much about this programme.

I know that childhood obesity is a major issue for healthcare and actually I'd like to see more funding and a better test.

tonyg2003 - Member

Good link Miketually I've just read the NCMP simple guide (16pages :)).

I think that "BMI is relatively cheap to obtain and easy to calculate" says much about this programme.

I know that childhood obesity is a major issue for healthcare and actually I'd like to see more funding and a better test.

It's also very practical to carry out and does not require the tester to even touch the kids. Probably a consideration in this day and age, unfortunately.

Matt

You mean they can't just slap the kids and time how long it takes them to stop wobbling? 😉