Thompson Hannah R, Madsen Kristine A
UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 2115 Milvia Street, 3rd Floor, Berkeley, CA, 94704-1157, USA.
UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 219 University Hall, #7360, Berkeley, CA, 94720-7360, USA.
Curr Obes Rep. 2017 Jun;6(2):163-167. doi: 10.1007/s13679-017-0259-6.
Half of states in the USA have legislation requiring that schools conduct body mass index (BMI) screening among students; just under half of these states report results to parents. The effectiveness of school-based BMI screening and reporting in reducing childhood obesity is not established and the practice has raised concerns about the potential for increased weight-based stigmatization.
Recent experimental studies of BMI screening and reporting have not demonstrated a positive impact on students' weight status. However, the language and formatting of BMI reports used in studies to date have been suboptimal and have likely limited the potential effectiveness of the practice. This article reviews the recent literature on school-based BMI screening and reporting and highlights important areas for future inquiry. The present review suggests that evidence to date is not sufficient to support definitive conclusions about the value of school-based BMI screening and reporting as a childhood obesity prevention tool.
美国半数州都有立法要求学校对学生进行体重指数（BMI）筛查；其中不到一半的州会向家长报告筛查结果。基于学校的BMI筛查及报告在减少儿童肥胖方面的有效性尚未得到证实，这种做法引发了人们对基于体重的污名化可能增加的担忧。
近期关于BMI筛查及报告的实验研究并未显示出对学生体重状况有积极影响。然而，迄今为止研究中使用的BMI报告的语言和格式并不理想，可能限制了该做法的潜在效果。本文回顾了近期关于基于学校的BMI筛查及报告的文献，并突出了未来研究的重要领域。本综述表明，迄今为止的证据不足以支持就基于学校的BMI筛查及报告作为儿童肥胖预防工具的价值得出明确结论。
