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Health Education Research Advance Access originally published online on November 8, 2006
Health Education Research 2006 21(6):761-769; doi:10.1093/her/cyl144
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

BMI screening in schools: helpful or harmful

Joanne P. Ikeda1,*, Patricia B. Crawford2 and Gail Woodward-Lopez3

1 Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, Berkeley, CA 94720-3104, USA
2 Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3104, USA
3 Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3100, USA

* Correspondence to: J. P. Ikeda. E-mail: jikeda{at}berkeley.edu

This is a comprehensive review of policies and research regarding body mass index (BMI) screening in schools in the United Kingdom and the United States. Although there are potential benefits to conducting screenings in schools, there is also the potential to do harm to the children who are identified as overweight. School administrators need to consider a number of factors discussed in this article before making a decision about committing resources to BMI screening.


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