Body Mass Measurements Scratched From National Curriculums

Australian teachers are being warned not to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI) of students, to record food intakes, or to use terms such as “good and bad” when describing diets. The new food and wellbeing curriculum resource removes 340 references to the word BMI and replaces it with terminology such as “balanced nutrition.” The update follows a campaign and petition from Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA), body image advocacy group The Embrace Collective, parent Kylie Burton, and eating disorder groups. In a Facebook post, EDFA applauded the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) for removing “hundreds of references to BMI,” from school resources....