Jumat, 22 April 2011

Malaysia report card grade students on weight (AP)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia schools in Malaysia are another reason the students their cards report fear of them on their weight scale.

The move is part of the Government push-to obesity put an end to areas, which includes a ban on school cafeterias from the sale of junk food and sugar-laden soft drinks.

Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai says that soon will add review cards students' body-mass index of traditional academic degree, so that parents can decide whether their children should watch their diet. Body mass index is a measurement based on weight and height.

Liow announced the policy effective, immediately, in a speech Monday in Malaysian newspapers published.

The Ministry of Health estimates that about a quarter of the Malaysian children are now overweight and more than 10 percent are obese.

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