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 ...

Here is a fascinating article in yesterday’s Globe & Mail called “Link to eating disorders raises concern about school health programs”, by Adriana Barton.  To summarize, the article describes  the “healthy living programs” in Ontario schools that teach students to analyze nutrition labels, track their daily intake of various foods and categorize fo...