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We had it taken, but it was considered private medical information and was not given to teachers.

In the early 2000s in the US these numbers were taken, but there was like 10 feet between the front of the line and the scale so hypothetically private. Didn't stop your friends from asking what your numbers were the second you stepped off, so kind of a weird self imposed humiliation.

In 1980s Canada there was a brief period of official enthusiasm for physical fitness branded as "Participaction" and not only did they measure the weight and height of all the elementary school kids, they also tested us to see how far we could long jump, how fast we could run, how long we could hang from a bar, and probably other things I've forgotten. I was pretty good at hanging from a bar.

I have no idea what schools in India do with that information.

When I was growing up in the US we did this thing called “The President’s Physical Fitness Test”. That was a bunch of running pull up tests and they also did Height and Weight.

As far as what the school did with it, I have no idea. It may have went towards some grant applications or something.

When I was growing up Gym class ended in the 10th grade (THANK FUCK) after that I never heard about that test again.

I grew up in a fucked up house so all I never did organized sports or anything like that ,so naturally I failed the stupid test.

Back when i went to primry school, grades 1-9, ~1999-2009, in Eastern Europe. Cant recall whatever it was done at higher education, grades 10-12 and trades school as well as i barely showed up back then.

Yes, height, weight, eyesight, ~~posterior~~ posture, lyce , vaccination, blood pressure and some other minor things were checked yearly. Though at the nurses office not in front of the class.

Nowadays with my kids, that's being done at the general practitioners office, recommendbly yearly, but usually whenever we might visit them.

In elementary school in Germany (grade 1-4), we had one day when they were weighing the kids and our backpacks.
The point was not so much the weight of the kid, but that the backpack shouldn't be more than x% of your body weight.
Nobody cared about it after that was done.

In the Netherlands we had a couple of health checks in elementary school. I don't recall exactly, maybe 2 in 8 years or so. It wasnot in front of the whole class though, kids were called in by the doctor one by one. This was in the 90's. I assume the results would have been reported back to the parents, but I don't recall anything of that.

I don't think we did this.

Sometimes we lined up by height, and by third grade, I was always first. In high school, there were two guys a bit taller than me, though. They played basketball, I did not, I've never been good at sportzballing.

The "fat" kids we made fun of back then would be considered pudgy at most by today's standards.

Yes i did, and then they lost it or something stupid. Government claims i have no medical history prior to covid. UK.

This wasn't for a report card though, it was just because screening kids at school is more efficient. So it's like a survey of childhood health and in the process they can give vaccines or check for headlice.

I have this same memory.

It would have been the late 80s.

When I was in Singapore the first PE class of every year is to record our height and weight. And also as a fat kid I would get enrolled into "fat camp" where we have to come to school early for a run. It was great.

Not weight but they did measure our height. It was fun since I was the tallest, I guess it wasn't as fun for others.

Only in regards to the wrestling team. Height was taken three times through the season and weight was taken two times a week not counting match/torni weigh ins. Regular school just recorded your mile time and if you were really unhealthy there was a alternative gym class called "health and wellness" or something close to that.

Well, that wasn't a thing in Canada growing up.