Mass. Taking the measure of youth obesity

The Boston Globe reports:

Next month, health regulators in Massachusetts are expected to mandate that, just like in Arkansas, every public school student should be weighed and measured so parents can receive a snapshot showing whether their child is headed toward a serious medical problem. Screenings in the first, fourth, seventh, and 10th grades would begin this fall in some schools, and the following year in the remaining schools.

The government that's big enough to give you education is big enough to force you to get on that scale.