An October 18, 2007 item by blogger Elisa quotes Brain, Child magazine's Jennifer Niesslein quoting ACSH's Jeff Stier on HuffingtonPost.com about the downside of giving kids report cards for their weight:
An October 18, 2007 item by blogger Elisa quotes Brain, Child magazine's Jennifer Niesslein quoting ACSH's Jeff Stier on HuffingtonPost.com about the downside of giving kids report cards for their weight:
At least a dozen states have passed legislation requiring schools to start sending reports home if a child’s Body Mass Index (itself a controversial health-o-meter) indicates her or she is "overweight" or "at risk." The latest state considering such action is New Jersey. Jeff Stier, the Associate Director of the American Council on Science and Health, wrote in the Huffington Post in June, "[I]f your child is obese, you probably know it already. A report card telling you so will only add to the stigma, without providing real approaches to addressing the problem."
