Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
5-1-2007
Keywords
Childhood obesity, BMI testing
Series Title
Office for Education Policy
Series Number
Volume 04 Issue 02
Abstract
In February 2005, the Office for Education Policy published a fact sheet detailing Arkansans’ attitudes toward the Body Mass Index initiative (BMI) and found that the state was roughly divided on the issue. Since 2005, the results of BMI screening have been chronicled in a pair of government reports, and the General Assembly has acted to modify how BMI testing is undertaken. In this policy brief we outline what the research indicates after three years of BMI testing, and how the laws surrounding BMI have changed.
Citation
McKenzie, S. C., & Ritter, G. W. (2007). Rethinking the Body Mass Index Initiative. Policy Briefs. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepbrief/95