Posted
1/18/2005 05:05:00 PM
by Douglas
The Texas Legislature wants to put body-mass index (BMI) on kid's report
cards? Does this sound like a good idea to anyone that's
not dumb enough to be a state legislator in Texas? How 'bout we make BMI a re-election criteria for fat-assed lawmakers that can't pull themselves away from the buffet at Austin strip clubs?
Texas school districts would be required to include the body mass index of students as part of their regular report cards under a bill introduced today by a lawmaker seeking to link healthy minds with healthy bodies.
When the measurement, which calculates body fat based on height and weight, indicates a student is overweight, the school would provide parents with information about links between increased body fat and health problems, said Democratic state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte.
Nobody's going to argue with the "healthy mind, healthy body" approach, but does the legislature, in all its infinite wisdom, think people are fat because they just don't know it's unhealthy? Since constant ridicule isn't enough, the legislature thinks that if overweight students are publicly and officially pointed out for being fat, it will motivate them to put their physical education on par with their academic advancement. Wait a minute, where was I going with this?