本句话拆分后：
1. As a result；
2. Arkansas first started the BMI program in 2004；
3. public schools were required to provide parents with a yearly report of their children’s body-mass index (BMI)；
中考英语长难句分析：每日一句（49）
Being seriously overweight can lead to health problems later in life. As a result, Arkansas first started the BMI program in 2004-public schools were th a yearly report of their children’s body-mass index (BMI)，a number to show whether their weight is appropriate (合适的）.
4. a number to show whether their weight is appropriate (合适的）；是BMI的同位语，解释它的含义；
参考译文：
在之后的生活中，严重超重会引发健康问题。因此，阿肯色州在2014年第一个启动BMI计划。该计划要求公立学校向家长们提供他们孩子体重指数的年度报告，就是一个表明孩子体重是否合适的数字。
词汇突破：
1. seriously 严重地，非常；
2. overweight 超重的，过重的；
3. lead to 引起，导致；
4. as a result 结果；
5. program 计划，方案；
6. public school 公立学校；对应的私立学校private school；
7. require 要求；
8. provide 提供；
9. body-mass index 体重指数；
10. whether 是否；读音和weather一样，意思不一样；
拆分句子:
As a result, Arkansas first started the BMI program in 2004-public schools were required to provide parents with a yearly report of their children’s body-mass index (BMI)，a number to show whether their weight is appropriate (合适的）.