The BMI Report Card was created and implemented following initiatives promoted in Arkansas and Massachusetts. The BMI Report Card assesses the weight status of 学校 children as a mechanism to increase parental awareness, provide local resources and tips on how to maintain a healthy body weight.
The BMI Report Card requires the measurement of each student's height and weight for calculation of body mass index (BMI) and plots these results on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts according to age and 性别.
The use of the BMI Report Card, in addition to increasing awareness of weight status among parents, generates a useful database for 学校s, 区, communities and counties. The database allows communities to objectively evaluate the weight status of children for identifying necessities for interventions and for outcome measures.
For more information visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/children/
School Districts interested in adopting the BMI Report Card for use in your 学校s complete the registration link below.
Upon registration, you receive access to our secured website where heights and weights are entered, along with 性别 and date of birth. A BMI is calculated and percentile ranking is described. You can then chose to send BMI Report Cards via email to parents/guardians and 学校s can generate aggregate reports by grade, 性别, 学校, 区, etc and track changes over time.
An example BMI Report Card is available here
A BMI Report Card data collection app is also available on iTunes to assist 学校 nurse's with data collection.
Upon registration, you receive access to our secured website where heights and weights are entered, along with 性别 and date of birth. A BMI is calculated and percentile ranking is described. You can then chose to send BMI Report Cards via email to parents/guardians and 学校s can generate aggregate reports by grade, 性别, 学校, 区, etc and track changes over time.
For more information, or to use the BMI Report Card or BMI calculator, contact: Bryce Abbey, PhD. at abbeybm@hongyangditan.com or call 308-865-8336.
