Pediatricians Not Tracking Kids' BMI

No surprise here.

"The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended since 2003 that pediatricians track BMI; federal growth charts have included BMI since 2000.

Why isn't there more consideration of BMI?

'One reason may be a lack of knowledge about the recommendations, about what the BMI means in children and how to use it,' Hillman said. 'We also wonder if there's some resistance in terms of how it takes a lot of extra time to explain this to families, and there's resistance from the family's perspective about a diagnosis of obesity and overweight.'

This is a fancy way of saying they want more money to do a simple calculation.

Here is another fancy way of saying it:

..."'the barriers to being able to do this are both time and the doctor's expertise,' in addition to health insurance companies that probably don't pay for weight and nutrition management, said study author Dr. Jonathan Klein, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Rochester."

To give you an idea of how greedy the kiddie docs are and the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) is, click here and read the rant entitled "Skim Milk or Milk Scam."

More know-nothing experts causing people to get sicker.