Alex Moore, 14, performs a "sit and reach" exercise to determine flexibility, May 3, 2013, while being watched by Denise Rossa, a district department chair and gym teacher at Chute Middle School in Evanston, Illinois. It's one of the exercises included in a Fitnessgram assessment. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Some parents say body-fat measurements hurt children’s self-esteem and pose other risks.
LIKE the other fourth-graders at King Lab, Jennifer Dreller’s daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment at the Evanston, Illinois, school. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old’s self-esteem, her mother recently told a panel of health experts.
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