Marlborough Above Average in Overweight Students, Says Statewide Report
Results from the Department Public Health reveal that Marlborough has more overweight students than the state average.
According to results of a Body Mass Index screening conducted during the 2010-2011 school year by the Department of Public Health, Marlborough is among the towns with the highest number of obese and overweight students.
Nearly one-third of Massachusetts students in grades 1, 4, 7 and 10 are overweight or obese, revealed the findings, as reported in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette.
The Marlborough school district ranked at 42.4 percent, taking second place for the highest percentage in the region behind Pathfinder Regional Technical School at 48.8 percent. The two schools join Leicester and Ware as others with high percentages above the state average of 32.4 percent.
Assabet Valley Vocational School fared only slightly better, with 37.4 percent of students measured rating as overweight or obese. The Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School rated at 26.5 percent, below the state average and placing it among the schools with the lowest average.
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3:40 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
It's no wonder that this has occurred in Marlborough at all! Go to the playgrounds & drive around outside, during the day when school is out, or when it has just snowed, and there isn't a child from houses who have school age children outside at all hardly anywhere. Many have chosen to be in front of their gaming devices/or computers, also have the means of going to procure meals from "Dollar Menu's" at all the Fast Food arena's, too! A good percentage of children under the ages of 15 years of age, are showing signs of "Adult On-Set Type" of diseases more than ever recorded, in our history here in The United States of America. Not a proud moment at all folks, especially those folks who can't wait for their child to get their first "Happy Meal", which certainly starts the ball rolling, and you all know who you are, too!! What a sad, sad moment, here in Marlborough to be bestowed this very honor of obesity and sedentary mobility with our children to this day, many folks need to wake-up and take charge of their responsibilities in our community,as well!
shannon stemple
8:43 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
I agree with the above comment...but I must point out that one of my three children has always had a high BMI. However he is an athlete-quite trim and in excellent shape. He is muscular and has no visible body fat. Because of the way they measure BMI we got a letter from school telling me that he is obese. We had to laugh...