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March 31, 2005

A weighty subject

How would your state teachers' union respond to this? A state lawmaker in Hawaii has suggested that state's public school teachers be forced to weigh in as part of the fight against obesity in students. The resolution calls for all public schoolteachers to weigh in every six months. The measure calls for the education and health departments to formulate an obesity standard and appropriate measures for teachers who cannot meet the standard, reports KITV in Honolulu. State Rep. Rida Cabanilla introduced a resolution in the house requesting that the board of education establish an obesity database among public schoolteachers.

"You cannot keep a kid to a certain standard that you yourself are not willing to keep," Cabanilla said. More than 20 percent of Hawaii's children are at risk, or are already overweight, according to the station. There are no statistics on teachers. The Hawaii State Teachers Association objects.

Posted March 31, 2005 12:00 AM