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When BMI makes no sense … 9-year old girl Ana Source: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/05/26/mxp-wabc-bmi-school-program-girl-overweight.hln.html

According to her school administrators, Ana is overweight …

NORMAL GROWTH PATTERN FOR KIDS height (m) weight (kg) BMI 1.24 28 1.25 30 1.27 31 1.30 1.33 32

Ana: height = 4 ft 1 in = 1.25 m mass = 66 lb = 29.94 kg = 30kg BMI=mass/height^2 = 19.2 height (m) weight (kg) BMI 1.24 28 1.25 30 19.2 1.27 31 1.30 1.33 32

height (m) weight (kg) BMI 1.24 28 18.2 1.25 30 19.2 1.27 31 1.30 18.3 1.33 32 18.1

height (m) weight (kg) BMI 1.24 28 18.2 normal 1.25 30 19.2 overweight 1.27 31 1.30 18.3 1.33 32 18.1

REASONING BASED ON BMI DOES NOT APPLY TO CHILDREN !!! PATTERNS OF CHILD GROWTH VARY SIGNIFICANTLY – NO STRAIGHTFORWARD RELATION BETWEEN HEIGHT AND WEIGHT REASONING BASED ON BMI DOES NOT APPLY TO CHILDREN !!!

According to her school administrators, Ana is overweight … NONSENSE !!!!!!!! This kind of reasoning only hurts children, yet the above school officials DID NOT CHANGE their opinion. They continue using BMI to “help students get healthy.”