New Childhood Obesity Screening Tools Devized (sic) By Nevada Professor

This is crap and the story was put out by the "professor" himself.

"A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians and parents can use to help combat the increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the United States.

George Fernandez, Nevada professor of applied statistics and director for the Center for Research Design and Analysis, contends that the current charts are difficult to interpret and often require determination of Body Mass Index, or BMI. Calculating BMI involves a complex formula: weight in pounds is multiplied by 703, and then divided by height in inches squared. Charts are then used to show a healthy weight range, given a child's height, sex and age.

'This is way too complicated for the average person,' he said. 'Even pediatricians, nurses and health officials often need special training'."

BMI charts (adult or child) are simple.

You just take a straight-edge and connect two points on a nomogram or, on a chart, look-up your weight and move your finger to your weight or vice versa, or on-line, just enter height and weight.

It this requires sick care workers to have "special training," fire them and/of find another one.

Now spelling "devise"...that takes "special training."

Moron.