Weigh-In's in Elementary Schools?

[K_Jo]

Hey, itsbob, is it really possible to be too fat to make a fist?

 

[bresamil]

*ahem* not to my knowledge, it is a statewide program they are trying to implement....

Then I am betting it is part of what we are going through. If we accepted the the state's program - which is packaged under the "milk program" - it is an overal nutritional study. The students must be weighed several times during the year. The cafeteria offerings are radically changed (not that its a bad thing, if you can get the kids to eat the healthier choices). No more vending machines. No more selling candy or pizza or any other food item as a fund raiser for the school or its clubs.

We think we're going to pass on involvement because it would cost a great deal of money/time to implement. It just means instead of paying for milk for the whole year at one price upfront, they'll pay per day.

There are a number of similar plans being discussed at state level.

I have a copy of the plan our school was offered and also several alternates at home. We never even bothered to put this out for discussion, because we were pretty certain parents would not want their kids weighed at school and would not want to pay higher prices for more nutritional offerings in the cafeteria. The 20 parents in our committee were totally against the idea.

You may want to offer the school board your opinion.

 

[itsbob]

Hey, itsbob, is it really possible to be too fat to make a fist?

I've seen it.. kid was so fat his fingers were too fat to actually bend or ball up inot a fist. He was MAYBE 11 (I'm betting 9), but to get him pants to fit he had to wear adult pants rolled up 10 times at the cuff.

 

[snuzzy]

My son's (he's 13) health teacher brought in a body-fat analyzer that she "borrowed from a friend". She read my son's body fat as over the "ideal" for his age. He stopped eating (not altogether, but enough to concern me), became very self conscious...his physical for sports soon after that, his doctor said he was under weight! I'm not sure school's are qualified to make judgements about health issues. Wait a minute, no, I'm sure they're not!

 

[CMC122]

Then I am betting it is part of what we are going through. If we accepted the the state's program - which is packaged under the "milk program" - it is an overal nutritional study. The students must be weighed several times during the year. The cafeteria offerings are radically changed (not that its a bad thing, if you can get the kids to eat the healthier choices). No more vending machines. No more selling candy or pizza or any other food item as a fund raiser for the school or its clubs.

We think we're going to pass on involvement because it would cost a great deal of money/time to implement. It just means instead of paying for milk for the whole year at one price upfront, they'll pay per day.

There are a number of similar plans being discussed at state level.

I have a copy of the plan our school was offered and also several alternates at home. We never even bothered to put this out for discussion, because we were pretty certain parents would not want their kids weighed at school and would not want to pay higher prices for more nutritional offerings in the cafeteria. The 20 parents in our committee were totally against the idea.

You may want to offer the school board your opinion.

I would have no problem paying more for a more healthy lunch! I'd be exstatic about it actually I'd also be very happy to have the soda machines and other crap taken out of the cafeteria Would there still be a subsidized lunch plan for those who need it? If so I'd say go for it! Well except for the weighing the kids part, there isn't time in their schedule for better learning I can't see finding time to weigh all the kids.

Then again, I'm all for school uniforms

 

[snuzzy]

I'd also be very happy to have the soda machines and other crap taken out of the cafeteria



But..."they" want to take the soda and vending machines away from the teachers and staff too! Some days, that's the only thing that gets me through the day! (believe me, chocolate helps me and the kids!)

 

[Kain99]

I think weigh in's wage psychological warfare on kid's. Horrific plan. :sad:

 

[vraiblonde]

I think weigh in's wage psychological warfare on kid's.

Oh crap. We got weighed in school and I'm just fine.

:dzt: :dzt:

 

[Angel]

This is nothing new and something they have been doing since I was in Elementary School (twenty something years ago). If it didn't matter then, what does it matter now? If it didn't affect the kids then, then why would it be any different now. There are a million different theories on why people develop eating disorders... is it their peers, possibly their parents, the models and actors on TV and every magazine cover in the stores? Does it make it easier for the child to give a crap about losing weight if know they are above the average weight for their height and age or does it make it worse? It could go either way really. The kid could get depressed and get fatter knowing these facts OR give them the initiative to lose the weight. This all depends on way too many circumstances (home life and social) for anybody to make a judgment call on whether it will benefit a child or not.

 

[Kain99]

Oh crap. We got weighed in school and I'm just fine.

:dzt: :dzt:

I got weighed too.... Look at me.

 

[crabcake]

I don't have anything against the weigh-ins, but it's a sad day when it takes a school armed with a scale to tell someone their kid probably shouldn't be scarfin' down pizzas, happy meals, and more junk food.

I've never believed in or owned scales ... they only confirm what you find out when you put your favorite jeans on. If they're too tight, put down the bon-bons and get your azz doing something besides 12 oz curls. :shrug:

 

[BuddyLee]

I don't have anything against the weigh-ins, but it's a sad day when it takes a school armed with a scale to tell someone their kid probably shouldn't be scarfin' down pizzas, happy meals, and more junk food.

It should be left for the parents; however I won't take issue with the school since the hippy generation isn't teaching the right stuff to the lazy generation.

 

[vraiblonde]

I got weighed too.... Look at me.

That reminds me of a joke:

A girl (let's call her Janey) goes out on a blind date to the county fair. They ride a few rides, play a few games, then the date (let's call him Buddy) asks her, "What do you want to do now?"

"Get weighed," Janey replies.

So they go off to the Guess Your Weight game, where the barker guesses Janey at more than 3 pounds off, so she wins a teddy bear.

They walk around a little more and Buddy says, "What what would you like to do now?"

"Get weighed," says Janey again.

Back they go to the Guess Your Weight booth, and of course the barker guesses right this time. So no prize for Janey.

"Well, that was fun," says Buddy, "What would you like to do now?"

"Get weighed," says Janey.

Buddy's had about enough of this, pleads a raging headache and drives Janey home.

Janey goes in the house and her roommate says, "So? How was the date?"

And Janey replies, "Wousy!"

 

[MysticalMom]

That reminds me of a joke:

A girl (let's call her Janey) goes out on a blind date to the county fair. They ride a few rides, play a few games, then the date (let's call him Buddy) asks her, "What do you want to do now?"

"Get weighed," Janey replies.

So they go off to the Guess Your Weight game, where the barker guesses Janey at more than 3 pounds off, so she wins a teddy bear.

They walk around a little more and Buddy says, "What what would you like to do now?"

"Get weighed," says Janey again.

Back they go to the Guess Your Weight booth, and of course the barker guesses right this time. So no prize for Janey.

"Well, that was fun," says Buddy, "What would you like to do now?"

"Get weighed," says Janey.

Buddy's had about enough of this, pleads a raging headache and drives Janey home.

Janey goes in the house and her roommate says, "So? How was the date?"

And Janey replies, "Wousy!"

OMG! I Just spit tea all over my monitor.

 

[itsbob]

That reminds me of a joke:

A girl (let's call her Janey) goes out on a blind date to the county fair. They ride a few rides, play a few games, then the date (let's call him Buddy) asks her, "What do you want to do now?"

"Get weighed," Janey replies.

So they go off to the Guess Your Weight game, where the barker guesses Janey at more than 3 pounds off, so she wins a teddy bear.

They walk around a little more and Buddy says, "What what would you like to do now?"

"Get weighed," says Janey again.

Back they go to the Guess Your Weight booth, and of course the barker guesses right this time. So no prize for Janey.

"Well, that was fun," says Buddy, "What would you like to do now?"

"Get weighed," says Janey.

Buddy's had about enough of this, pleads a raging headache and drives Janey home.

Janey goes in the house and her roommate says, "So? How was the date?"

And Janey replies, "Wousy!"

Ya beat me to it..

 

[pixiegirl]

Of all the things for parents to get their panties in a bunch about.... Really. Parents making a huge deal over menial crap. Your kids go to school for a purpose and the last time I checked that purpose was to learn not to be in a popularity contest. Our society is already so damn politically correct that I highly doubt that they'd be doing weigh-ins if they didn't have a good purpose for it. Parents need to be more concerned with wether their kids are getting a good education or not and less about wether their little feelings are going to get hurt because they weigh 3 pounds more/less then the next kid. I think there are a lot of parents out there who have fat complexes themselves.

 

[vraiblonde]

I think there are a lot of parents out there who have fat complexes themselves.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Tina2001aniT]

Of all the things for parents to get their panties in a bunch about.... Really. Parents making a huge deal over menial crap. Your kids go to school for a purpose and the last time I checked that purpose was to learn not to be in a popularity contest. Our society is already so damn politically correct that I highly doubt that they'd be doing weigh-ins if they didn't have a good purpose for it. Parents need to be more concerned with wether their kids are getting a good education or not and less about wether their little feelings are going to get hurt because they weigh 3 pounds more/less then the next kid. I think there are a lot of parents out there who have fat complexes themselves.

No fat complex here.....I just don't understand the point/see a positive outcome of weighing kids in school.....just don't see it.....

 

[Chasey_Lane]

Am I the only one that finds this Ludacris??

I have mixed feelings on this issue. If schools are going to sell sodas, flavored "water" loaded with sugars, pizza, french fries and pretty much crappy, non-nutrional food, why take the time to even teach them about eating right?

 

[pixiegirl]

No fat complex here.....I just don't understand the point/see a positive outcome of weighing kids in school.....just don't see it.....

And as I said before our society is so damn politically correct these days that I'm sure they wouldn't be doing it without a purpose. Before you pass judgement on it you need to investigate just what that purpose is.