Will sending parents letters about their child’s BMI help fight obesity?

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Sixth-Grade (equivalent to Year Six) boys were lining up to be measured in the Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School library in Arkansas, United States.

As they took off their shoes and emptied their pockets, they joked about being the tallest.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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