6th-grade girl sent home from school with ‘fat letter’

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a
florida law
that requires students to have health screenings is stirring up controversy. the parents of a
young girl
in florida spoke out about their family's experience with what they say is a hurtful fat letter.

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6th grader lily is a star volleyball player. at 5'3", 120 pounds she looks like your average 11-year-old.

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she is athletic and tall.

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but when she started school she was sent home with a letter from the
health department
. it said she was overweight. they require all
public school
students to get health screenings at the start of the year. her
body mass index
puts her at the category of at risk.

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it says that and tells you to go to their website and the at risk turns to lily is overweight.

>> reporter:
they worry what effect the so-called fat letter will have on their daughter.

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don't send the letter home with the kids. how hard is it to put the letters in the mail.

>> reporter:
a spokeswoman says these screenings are meant to alert parents to potential health problems.

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we want parents to realize that it's only a screening tool.

>> reporter:
but they don't think a hurtful letter is the answer.

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this letter can do no good. if a kid is overweight, they know they're overweight.