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Something was. As the state's 1,139 public schools opened their doors for a new year, they faced a new task. For the first time they will be asked to issue each student a health report card in the form of a body mass index, or BMI (see box). As lawmakers initially envisioned the plan when they passed the Biggs-sponsored bill in April, schools were to literally add a section to report cards--alongside the traditional assessments in reading, writing and 'rithmetic--for this measure of a child's body. At a time when schools are increasingly taking...
...There was concern among some parents of overweight children that the report card would be snatched from the child's hand and passed around for everyone to see, and the child would be tormented," explains state PTA president Kathy McFetridge. So last week Arkansas' new child-health advisory committee voted to modify the plan. Health reports will be mailed separately to parents, and families may even opt out of the program. In addition, chastened policymakers agreed to begin pilots of the policy in a few schools this fall before rolling it out statewide in the spring...
Arkansas is the first state to embrace, however gingerly, the health-report-card approach, but other states are exploring similar policies and other steps to control childhood obesity. They are propelled by some remarkably scary statistics. Nationally, 15% of children ages 5 to 19 are overweight, triple the rate of 20 years ago. Research suggests that fat adolescents have a 70% to 80% chance of becoming fat adults. They face higher rates of atherosclerosis, hypertension and diabetes. "These kids could need coronary bypass in their 20s," says Kelly Brownell, director of the Yale University Center for Eating and Weight Disorders...
...perfect Internet crime, has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., according to the Federal Trade Commission's first national survey of the problem. The agency reported last week that 3.3 million Americans found within the past year that their names had been used to open fraudulent bank or credit-card accounts or to commit other crimes. An additional 6.6 million reported that unauthorized purchases had been made on their existing accounts. All told, traffic in bogus or stolen IDs costs consumers and businesses more than $50 billion. What can you do to protect yourself...
SHRED YOUR MAIL: Preapproved-credit-card solicitations should be shredded. Pay attention to the billing cycles of the cards already in your wallet as well. If they're noticeably late, call your issuer...