Divisions and Precisions

If you're not reading Big

If you're not reading Big Fat Blog, why aren't you? Even if you don't agree with what's there, there's some interesting news out there.

For instance, Arkansas is going to start sending out "health report cards" with students' BMI (body mass index, calculated by height and weight). Boston's already been doing it, and the end result? According to the folks who put it into practice, it "did not change some unhealthful behaviors." Reading between the lines, the kids didn't get skinnier. What they got, I am sure, is a strong slam to their self esteem and a nice big dose of humiliation at the hands of their classmates. "Ha ha, the school says you're too fat!"

*growl* Nothing punches my buttons faster than supposed adults handling the issue of obesity in childhood so poorly.