that every person s bmi be measured and included in electronic health record beginning in 2014. is this going too far? joining us now for a fair and balanced debate, the president of the institute for liberty, andrew langer, and national obesity, meme roth. good morning. we told folks about this and they were fired up not on your side, meme. people found it intruding. andrew why do you not like the idea and part of the stimulus plan. it gets back to the whole problem with the stimulus package itself. not related to the idea of stimulating the economy and it s a big, big drag on it and doesn t get us where we need to go in this so-called war on fat. i mean, putting a fat stamp on everybody s medical record is not good public policy at all. we can all agree it s a good objective to fight obesity in the country. how does it help and not intrude in our lives. this is less after big deal
a fat stamp on everybody s medical records. no, you put your own fat stamp on yourself. this is a result of life style choice. what happens with the public policy implications down the road, once they get the fat stamp on the health medical records, what policy goals are articulated by folks that as long as people ask someone else to pay the price for their decision, constitution doesn t say other people have to pay the price for your decisions. thank you both for being here, a passionate debate. coming up on the show now that bethenny got married. what is next? bethenny frankel with the scoop on her show, her baby and the latest skinny girl book.