Table 1.
Positive Parent and Student Responses to School-Based BMI Measurements and Reports, Arkansas, 2004-2008a
| Response | Year, % Expressing Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Parents | |||||
| Comfortable with receiving a BMI report from child's school | 70.3 | 67.1 | 67.6 | 60.8 | 63.4 |
| Comfortable with confidentiality of BMI measurement and reporting processes | 69.4 | 71.4 | 72.9 | 69.3 | 75.3 |
| Studentsb | |||||
| Experience little or no embarrassment from BMI measurement process | 89.8 | 91.1 | 92.3 | 86.3 | 88.7 |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
a
Source: Evaluation of Arkansas Act 1220 (14).
b
Adolescents aged 14-18 y.