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Article: A WEIGHTY MATTER FOR STUDENTS; STATE WILL REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT BODY MASS INDEX.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2007
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Byline: Sapna Kollali Staff writer
Students will soon need to step up on the scale before they can go to school.
A new state law mandates schools collect students' body mass index - a ratio of height to weight, often used to determine obesity - along with physical exams that have long been a required part of attending school.
The new law kicks in next year, but three Liverpool schools plan to participate in the pilot program this year to test out the practice.
"Doctors have been saying that, yes, for more children, their weight is up. But there haven't been any numbers to back it up," said Peggy Pendergast, Liverpool's director of ...