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BMI Testing in Schools? Really?

Posted by Carrie Watson on Tuesday, August 20, 2013,


http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2013/08/19/toronto_schools_to_measure_students_weight_but_wont_send_fat_letters_home.html  

Disturbing to read this morning that the Toronto District School Board is allowing BMI testing in schools.  The study being conducted by Toronto’s Public Health Authority, plans to test 12,000 students between Grades 7-12.  While Toronto has refrained from sending “fat letters” home to parents as they do in the US, the impact of this study will fall ...


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Israel Legislates BMI for Models

Posted by Carrie Watson on Friday, February 22, 2013,


I came across this article on ABC News about a month ago. In a word, I felt encouraged. The article, available online here, http://abcnews.go.com/International/israeli-law-bans-skinny-bmi-challenged-models/story?id=18116291&goback=%2Egde_2176720_member_200848749, outlines recently passed legislation in Israel that requires models to meet a minimum Body Mass Index (BMI) of 18.5. In Canada, a healthy BMI is considered to be between 18.5 and 24.9, and is calculated using weight and height. The l...


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