my question is whether we even know that fat kids become fat adults. Both of my kids were pudgy when small and emphatically are not any more, having added some height a couple of years later. Diet might be a better measure to track. Or, if there's science behind the correlation at the age where they are doing it, hmm, maybe, though I am not sure it's productive for the individual. A kid could just as easily decide that since he/she is already fat, why not eat whatever they want. Nobody said these decisions are rational, or intelligent.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > the general welfare clause has been used in very similar circumstances. > > But to accurately measure body fat you need multiple measures using > displacement volume or caliper measurements in multiple places. One > issue here is that for instance are you willing to allow a non medical > person to do some fairly intimate measurements on a kid? Second yes > you can train non medical personnel to do the measurements, but still > it can be expensive. at least 8 to 10 measurements all over the body, > then calculate fat percentage based on the last part. Its not cheap > even if you had the janitor doing it. > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > "except that you can argue that it is constitutional, based on the > > premumble." > > > > That's a stretch, considering "secure the blessings of liberty " that > > follows. > > > > Anyway, read more here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution > > > > I like this part: > > > > The Preamble serves solely as an introduction, and does not assign powers > > to the federal government< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States> > > ,[1]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-1 > > > > nor > > does it provide specific limitations on government action. Due to the > > Preamble's limited nature, no court has ever used it as a decisive factor > > in case adjudication > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjudication>,[2]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-2 > >except > > as regards frivolous > > litigation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation> > > .[3]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-3 > > > > > > More than likely, the government would somehow try to use the commerce > > clause to enact this type of measure > > > > > > > > "problem is that measuring body fat content can be expensive, 9 or > 10different > > caliper measurements done on a very regular basis. It can be quite > > expensive." > > > > Really? Maybe if one hires a doctor or nurse to do it. Since anyone can > > do it with a little training, I wouldn't think hiring a doctor or nurse > > would not be necessary. Plenty of unemployed out there who would be > > willing to do it on the cheap. > > > > Maybe even some illegal immigrants. > > > > They'll probably just use BMI, a horrendous metric. > > > > J > > > > - > > > > Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to > > produce citizens capable of dominating their government, as the education > > of a truly vigilant self-governing people requires? - Alan Keyes > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345364 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
