Unacademic Weigh-Ins, Begone!

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...12003.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Finally someone came to their senses.

I like the sensibilities of the last couple of paragraphs:

Jim Raczynski, dean of UAMS, opposes weakening the law, saying 20 percent of students already are opting out of the weigh-in program.

"No one's forcing children to stand on the scales, no one's holding them down and I can't imagine any school forcing students or their parents to undergo the BMI assessments if they aren't willing to do it," Raczynski said.

Of course they're lying with statistics on both sides here; nobody's willing to fight fire with water. But at least there are those who are refusing to comply and are not being penalized for their choice.