Pa. Screening Schoolchildren for Obesity (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050914/ap_on_he_me/fit_weighing_schoolchildren"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050914/capt.pasm10109141926.weighing_schoolchildren_pasm101.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=dmb.f6zoyEdvrRLS8K1CgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="School nurse Cheryl Frank, left, measures the height of kindergartner Kalina Chambers, 6, at the Sylvan Heights Science Charter School, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, in Harrisburg, Pa. In an effort to combat childhood obesity, the state Health Department is requiring school nurses to calculate students' body-mass index or weight-to-height ratio starting this year with children in kindergarten through fourth grade. (AP Photo/Steve Miller)" border="0" /></a>AP - As they wait for their children's first report cards to come home this year, elementary-school parents across Pennsylvania also can expect to get a separate report on a key indicator of their children's health.</p><br clear=all>