BMI findings for 2012 -2013


I checked the BMI scores and found the amount of children in the BMI range in the catagory of overweight and obese to be 35% for First graders.
I compared the first grade children who are on the BMI list for overweight of which there are 20 children comprising 24%;
and children classified in the Obese range of which there are 9 children or 11%, which when combined the rate is thus 35% population.

I checked the children who did the Pacer cardio test and I found that 14 of the 20 children classified as overweight performed at their class average or better and showed improvement on the cardio test over the 3 testing periods of the school year.

Also, of the Obese classified children 4 out of  the 9 total in this catagory, twere able to  perform the pace test at the class average or better and also improved on the cardio test over the year..

So, out of the 35% of children in this category, thru their work efforts during our P.E. classes over the year, we were able to help them to improve their pacer score, their cardio health over the course of the year.to an average score or better for 62% of the children who scored high in the BMI assessnment.
Only 11 children or 13% of the children did not improve their health or show improvement in their ability to improve physically.

Overall, I think this is good news because I think it demonstrates that with help that children can improve their cardio health from the time they come into the school in the Fall to the end of school.

Completed May 10, 2013