Malaysia Adds Weight “Grade” to Report Cards

Monday, 18 April 2011 | by Pat's Picks

Students in Malaysia have yet another reason to dread their report cards says the San Francisco Chronicle. Schools across the country have decided to give kids a new grade—for their weight. The country’s health minister says adding BMI numbers to the report cards is a way to help parents judge whether their children are unhealthy. The Chronicle article is pretty short but there’s a big write-up of the plan in today’s Star, Malaysia’s English-language paper. Malaysia has the sixth-most obese citizens in Asia; in SE Asia, the country is number one.