So I just completed my BMI screening for first grade. 29% are "overweight" and 19% are obese. So roughly half the first grade is not normal weight. I had no "underweight" kids. It just makes me so sad. I have a 1st grader who weighs 200 pounds, her entire family is morbidly obese and there is nothing I can do, other than send home that referral paper. They know she is fat. They are fat. It is really sad.
I do my health classes, they get healthy food at school, gym class, lots of wiggle breaks. Other than that, there is nothing else I can do. Just makes me sad for these kids and families.