'Fat Letters' Have Young Kids Worried About Their Weight
(9/13-14)
(PART I)
Students call them fat letters –
the reports that a growing number of schools are sending home to parents,
indicating whether kids are making
their grade when it comes to BMI, that’s the body mass index. So, are they hurting more than they're helping?
ABC's Bianna Golodryga takes a
closer look.
Middle schooler, Lucy Williams,
has multiple report cards to worry about - the one concerning
her academic grades; and this one, concerning her weight. / The “fitness
gram” Lucy recently received from
her school is part of a growing
initiative to track student’s body mass indexes or BMIs.
/ Schools in 19 states from Arkansas to Illinois take part measuring students
at annual weigh-ins, then sending reports
home to parents, indicating whether a child is in the Green:
healthy zone, or the Red: danger zone.
KEY WORDS
make one's grade 성적을
내다
ex> You’ll
never make the
grade if you don’t work hard before
the exams.
take a closer look 좀더
자세히
살펴보다
report card 성적표,
통지문
growing initiative 확대되고
있는
계획
ex> a
government initiative
to combat unemployment
track 추적
관찰하다
annual weigh-in(s) 연례
체중
검사
(PART II)
Pediatricians say BMI readings are
helpful in combating childhood obesity.
Doctor: Right now, it's the best measurement that we have
to determine whether a child's weight is healthy or
unhealthy.
But eating disorder experts worry the readings do
more harm than good.
Interviewee: I would like to see BMI testing in schools
banned. I’m for those who are already insecure about their
weight. Ah, these tests can potentially trigger an eating disorder.
More than 40% of 9 and 10 year-old girls have already been on a
diet. And as many as 60% of all 6 to 12-year-olds are
worried about their weight.
KEY WORDS
pediatrician(s) 소아과 전문의
BMI readings 체질량지수 수치
combat childhood obesity 아동비만을
퇴치하다
measurement 수치
determine 결정하다
do more harm than good 득보다
실이
크다,
ex> Too strict discipline will do more harm than good to children.
insecure [|ɪnsɪ|kjʊr] 자신감이 없는, 불안한
ex> He's very insecure about his appearance.
ex> She felt nervous and insecure.
potentially 잠재적으로
as many as 무려
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