Dear All,
So the results are in at our house for the weighing and measuring exercise that takes place in reception year. My letter has measured DS's BMI on the 94th centile and I am told that he is therefore overweight. Actually DS isn't overweight at all, he is of mixed-race white/ Caribbean origin and has very little subcutaneous fat, he h a very muscular body type so you can see every muscle on him.
As a health professional I know not to be worried and to just carry on with our healthy lifestyle consisting of plenty of activity and balanced diet. There are however some parents who would worry about this a great deal and mistakenly believe the result did reflect a genuine overweight picture. As a health professional I am however concerned that letters like these coming out to children with a healthy body habitués make a mockery of a very real issue which is the massively expanding population of obese children in this country which is of very real concern.
I believe that as well as measuring height and weight and calculating BMI we should be measuring waist circumference to provide a more accurate picture for parents. Has anyone else fallen foul of this?
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AbbyR1973 · 22/03/2013 16:27
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