Daniel Strausberg plays baseball and soccer and is a yellow belt in jiujitsu who can do 200 push-ups — yet he was judged “overweight” and “unhealthy” by the Department of Education.
“I literally have to take his pants in three inches on both sides, and he has a six-pack,” says his mom, Sadie.
“It’s more like an eight-pack,” dad Bruce added.
The Brooklyn parents were outraged this week to find that Daniel was rated just shy of obese in a school Fitnessgram.
Daniel paused from breaking in a new baseball mitt Friday to list his accomplishments.
“I’m a normal-sized kid,” he said. “A kid that’s strong, athletic — and handsome!”
The Strausbergs, of Bay Ridge, are among many city parents furious their kids were sent home with questionable Fitnessgrams.
Staten Islander Judy Meccia was stunned to see that her wafer-thin 5-year-old daughter was deemed “overweight.”
“She swims three times a week, goes to karate three times a week, is in dance competitions three times a week,” the mother said.
Anita Logan of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, said her lithe 10-year-old daughter, Shawn, was also labeled overweight and unhealthy.
“She’s the tallest in her class. The doctor said she’s fine. I had to tell her, ‘It’s not true, you’re not fat,’ ” she said.
Additional reporting by Georgett Roberts and Erin Calabrese