Source:  CENTER FOR CONSUMER FREEDOM, 5/2/11

Schools across America are increasingly taking it upon themselves to tell parents their children are obese, by mandating “report cards” that report students’ Body-Mass Index (BMI), a crude measure of height and weight. Critics of these “fat reports” (sometimes sent home in kids’ backpacks) see them as potentially life-changing for body-image-conscious youngsters, and not in a good way.

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