http://nypost.com/2014/05/22/nyc-says-this-girl-is-fat/
Gwendolyn Williams was a 9-year old who was perfectly fine and athletic but was told by her school that she was overweight close to being obese according to her BMI and the fitness gram the school used. Her friend to was also told that she was overweight when she was active herself too. These kids were then given the envelope that told them the information instead of sending it home to their parents. First of all, why would you give information like this to a 9-year old. My theory is that who ever is in charge of this, gives these informations in an envelope to kids, tell them they can't open it, but know that they will open it. When kids are told they are overweight, most of them would think something is wrong with them and would try to lose more weight when they are perfectly fine. Also the accuracy of the BMI scale should be looked into more. Parents and students should go to the doctor if they want an accurate BMI.
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I agree with you because i looked at the article and she does not look overweight! It was wrong that the teachers did not send the "private" envelope to the parents instead of the student because they were going to open and read that she was overweight. I cannot believe that in New York this little 9 year old is considered to be overweight. Obviously the BMI scale is not accurate because she seems like a healthy child, plus she is athletic which makes no sense for people to be calling her overweight. With things like this happening, it makes young girls feel insecure about their bodies and since they were told that they were overweight, they will take it serious and start having body image issues.
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