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  • Lawmaker Wants Teachers In Hawaii Weighed For Obesity

    03/28/2005 9:51:43 AM PST · by Vision Thing · 37 replies · 1,371+ views
    NBC5i (Dallas) ^ | March 28, 2005
    HONOLULU -- A state lawmaker has suggested Hawaii's public schoolteachers be forced to weigh in as part of the fight against obesity in students, KITV in Honolulu reported. 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 is not willing to keep," Cabanilla said. It's been documented that 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 resolution...