I still think it's important to keep tabs, potentially with an understanding that kids may grow at uneven rates at times. I'm not any sort of expert in pediatrics, so sure perhaps there is more wiggle room Body Fat for kids. Maybe there sin't - I have no idea.
But, given responsible guidelines, I think what I'd look to avoid would be the type of cases of extreme malnourishment and obesity found in many children today as well as educate those same kids with the vital life skills that they need to become a healthy adult. Childhood obesity is increasing at a very fast pace. Childhood diabetes if increasing as well. This is definitely not just an adult problem. -Cameron On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure, it's a lifelong skill. But my point is that reporting BMI may not be > the best measure of whether the skill needs work, particularly in > pre-adolescents. Apart from the examples given in the article, some kids > are skinny for a while then fill out, and others are chunky for a while > then have a growth spurt, and including either of these groups would, it > seems to me, distort what the reporting is supposed to measure. > Questionnaires on diet might be better, perhaps *associated* with BMI...but > if the goal is to have a conversation with the parents of certain kids, > then why not just have it? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
