Kids being weighed in school

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OK, should this really happen?

Yes, parents should know if their children are at risk of long term health problems but in how many cases will the parents of these children actually do anything about it? Surely parents are aware of their child's weight and, if they are going to do anything about it, will do so before schools tell them

And will schools tell parents if the children are underweight? Reports now say that anorexia is evident in children as young as ten... surely parents need to be aware of this as well.

Will it lead to more children being on diets and developing food fads? I certainly hope not. It's all about eating healthily and eating "junk" in moderation.... don't encourage extremism by saying kids need to be on diets. I'm not sure if I'm pro this or not.... too many potential issues and will it have any real effect?

What does anyone else think?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5003766.stm 

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1. by vicki2, 506 days ago

   I recently read an article about the possibility of U.K. schools starting to add "happiness" as a teachable subject, and I tend to put weighing kids into the same category I placed that one ...nanny state gone too far!

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2. Opt out by jane, 506 days ago

   apparently parents can opt out of their child being weighed.... quite a classic that one. Something I heard on Radio 5 today said that in one school 4 children's parents had "opted out" and of those 4, 3 were obese.... so what good is it really going to do? I suppose time will tell....
   
   They also went on to say that it's only good if schools go on to demonstrate what a good diet is and practice what they preach with what they feed the children.

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3. totally wrong! by Thumperfive, 486 days ago

   any kid who's overweight gets abused enough in school... all this is going to do is make them feel more selfconscious and drop their self-esteem further!

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4. xx by Green Diva, 467 days ago

   That's right. I think that weighing kids would make them even more competitive (the girls anyway) to be skinny. And make the overweight kids feel worse!

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