{"id":9277,"date":"2008-11-19T06:21:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T11:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=9277"},"modified":"2008-11-19T06:21:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T11:21:37","slug":"heads-up-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=9277","title":{"rendered":"HEADS UP: OK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsok.com\/oklahoma-state-lawmaker-wants-schoolkids-to-be-weighed\/article\/3323304\">busybody<\/a> in the state legislature has been busy studying kids&#8217; bodies.  He wants to study HEKs&#8217; bodies, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Concerned by estimates that half of Oklahomans are overweight, a state legislator said Tuesday he will file legislation requiring students to be checked annually to identify possible weight problems.<\/p>\n<p>All students 16 years and younger would be required to have a screening to check their body mass indexes, said state Rep. Richard Morrissette.<\/p>\n<p>Students would be weighed and measured, and the BMI data would be used to determine whether they have excess fat or are underweight.<\/p>\n<p>The cost for scales and other equipment is estimated to be less than $3 million, said Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>Students in public schools would be checked during the school year. Arrangements would be made for homeschooled students also to be screened, Morrissette said.<\/p>\n<p>[snip]<\/p>\n<p>However, if parents don\u2019t work with school and health officials, the matter could be turned over to the state Department of Human Services for possible investigation, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Y&#8217;all know what to do.  Hit the phones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A busybody in the state legislature has been busy studying kids&#8217; bodies. He wants to study HEKs&#8217; bodies, too. Concerned by estimates that half of Oklahomans are overweight, a state legislator said Tuesday he will file legislation requiring students to be checked annually to identify possible weight problems. All students 16 years and younger would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9277"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9278,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9277\/revisions\/9278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}