title: School health report card.
abstract: School nurses all across the nation perform valuable screenings every year for the students in their schools. These screenings identify abnormalities that have the potential to affect their education. With skill and determination, a variety of health screenings are performed and the results communicated with the parents of the children. A health "report card" is a proposed method of communicating vital health screening information, including the height, weight, and BMI of every student. This is directly related to the epidemic of childhood obesity. Current life styles promote minimal exercise and increased consumption of food that has minor nutritional value. It is time to identify affected children and become engaged in resolving this health crisis, by teaching this nation's children behaviors that will result in optimal health.
authors.affiliation: Jowell Elementary, Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Presswood
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012573:School Nursing; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology