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* This next activity, which examines Body Mass Index, or BMI, is designed to help participants determine whether someone is at a healthy weight. BMI is a measure of weight in relation to height that can help people determine whether or not they are at a healthy weight. * You can walk the group through an exercise that looks at examples of people with different heights and weights, and uses the chart to determine if they fall into the healthy, overweight, or obese categories. Participants should find that it is actually easy to calculate BMI. Here’s an example of an exercise: Dan weighs 218 pounds and is 5 feet 9 inches tall. His wife, Susie, weighs 134 pounds. and is 5 feet 4 inches tall. Are Dan and Susie at healthy weights? Use the BMI chart to check whether their weights fall into the healthy, overweight, or obese category. If weights fall between two BMIs, choose the lower BMI. After giving parents approximately two minutes to do the exercise, you can discuss the answer, which is that Dan’s BMI is 32, so he is obese. And, Susie’s BMI is 23, so she is at a healthy weight. * * During the discussion of BMI, it is important to mention that the chart doesn’t work very well for people who are extremely muscular, very tall, or very short. In such cases, it may incorrectly classify someone as overweight or obese when they really are not. Overall, however, BMI is a good indicator of healthy weight for the majority of the adult population. The chart used in the previous slide is also not appropriate for children; different BMI charts are used for children. Because children are still growing and boys and girls grow at different rates, children’s charts take gender and age into account in determining weight status. If parents have questions, encourage them to ask their family doctor, pediatrician, or other health care provider to assess their children’s weight with BMI-for-Age growth charts. * Another important concept to address in Session 2 is serving