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feel the same way.

But we're still forced

to step up on the scales,

so I decided to bring

my own scale

and mandate a BMI test

for every adult

that I interview.

Your height.

My height?

Uh-hmm.

Uh-oh. I'm five-six.

Five-six.

Uh-hmm.

I already know what mine is.

It used to be 19.

Can I use that one?

Sure.

Not surprisingly,

she didn't go for it.

No, not after age 30,

I wouldn't.

I mean, kids

that too, wouldn't they?

No, no. I agree. I agree.

Yeah.

It would've been,

you know, as a teenager,

it would've been

very private for me, too.

Uh-hmm.

I would not have appreciated it.

I was told that kids

were weighed in gym class

and they weren't given a choice.

Would it surprise you

that many of these kids

felt uncomfortable about this?

Well, sure.

I mean, nobody likes to be,

uh, tested, put on the spot.

But I think people

need to understand

where they fall on the scale

and how they're doing as related

to the rest of the population.

Well, I'm glad you say that

because I'm doing

my own BMI test.

Uh, would you mind stepping

on the scale for me?

Um, oh, boy.

I probably...

I probably should,

but I prefer not to.

Apparently, I don't have

the same mandate power

that the state has.

To be given a choice,

would you like that?

You're good.

Um...

As it turns out,

the board president was right.

Two years ago, state lawmakers

introduced senate bill 210,

which mostly

addressed improvements

and diet and exercise

in our schools.

Our healthy choices

for healthy children website.

And with a name like

healthy choices for healthy

children's act,

it would be political suicide

to vote against it.

Maybe that's how

this one little

controversial item

made its way into the bill.

The bill proposes to measure

body mass index, BMI,

on school entry

in grades k3, 5, and 9.

And that's when the discussion

got interesting.

To say that our schools

are gonna body mass index

little kindergarten students

and third graders.

Taking people's

body mass indexes,

I personally

find that offensive.

This is a national

security crisis

for the United States.

Make our people better,

thinner, stronger

so we can wage wars

and fight the battles

that need to be fought.

If you pick up an apple

and you eat it,

you know, their hunger

may go away.

Give me Liberty, give me death.

Two hundred thirty years ago

the English,

now it's about a twinkie.

You must have went swimming

over the holiday weekend

and hit your head

on the diving board.

When I was in the marine corps,

you get your rear end kicked

if you're not in shape.

It's kind of like

boiling a frog.

Slowly up the temperature

five or ten degrees

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