http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/65781

The Federal Fat Police:

Bill Would Require Government to Track Body Mass of American Children
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Looks like turning in fat kids will get priority over relieving our country of Illegal Aliens.

By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

A bill introduced this month in Congress would put the federal and state governments in the business of tracking how fat, or skinny, American children are.

States receiving federal grants provided for in the bill would be required to annually track the Body Mass Index of all children ages 2 through 18. The grant-receiving states would be required to mandate that all health care providers in the state determine the Body Mass Index of all their patients in the 2-to-18 age bracket and then report that information to the state government. The state government, in turn, would be required to report the information to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for analysis.

The Healthy Choices Act--introduced by Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee--would establish and fund a wide range of programs and regulations aimed at reducing obesity rates by such means as putting nutritional labels on the front of food products, subsidizing businesses that provide fresh fruits and vegetables, and collecting BMI measurements of patients and counseling those that are overweight or obese.

Section 101 of the bill amends the Public Health Services Act by stating that health care providers must record the Body Mass Index of all children ages 2 through 18. "The provision relates to all children in states that accept grants under the bill," a spokesperson for Rep. Kind told CNSNews.com. "However, it is important to note that no one is forced to come in for a doctor’s visit to get their BMI tested. BMI will be taken at times when the child makes an otherwise scheduled doctor’s visit."

To pay for implementing BMI data gathering, Sec. 102 of the bill states that the federal government will give grants to states that meet certain criteria, including having “the capacity to store basic demographic information (including date of birth, gender and geographic area of residence), height, weight, and immunization data for each resident of the state.”

Okay, it just keeps getting more and more weird. We are going to measure the height, weight, and immunization record of "each resident of the state"???

The grants also require that if a child’s BMI is greater than the 95th percentile for the child’s age and gender, the state will provide “information on how to lower BMI and information on state and local obesity prevention programs.”

Rep. Kinder's spokesperson said that any data used to generate a report on the BMI data collected would not include patients’ names.

The bill also requires HHS to share with Congress and other government officials, including the secretaries of education and agriculture, its analysis of the BMI data collected not more than one year after it gathers all of the data from states.

This analysis, the bill states, would attempt to identify obesity trends in regions of the United States and how those trends vary according to gender and socioeconomic status--although the bill does not spell out how socioeconomic status of patients would be determined.

Making the healthy choice the easy choice for our families is essential to ensuring our quality of life,” Kind said. “I am pleased to work on legislation that helps provide the opportunities that meet the needs of busy American families.”

The scariest words in the American discourse are: "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help".

By the way, Mary Bono Mack (R) is part of this BS also.

What do you folks think?

The government is yet trying to sink it's teeth in deeper.

Why stop at the age of 18 ... ? These 'kids' can be on their parents' insurance plan now until the ripe old age of 26 ... shouldn't we monitor them until at least that age to make sure their BMI doesn't get all messed up when they leave their 'wonder years' behind ... ?

Again, you are both right on da' money.

oh wow,,, health providers receiving grants have to provide MEDICAL information on their patients????



say it aint so...lol

wonder why this bill isnt listed on any official website?
this is the same site that said the govt was going to ban junk food under clinton. kudos for fake news