Cash Registers Against Student Obesity?

2/21/2006 6:42:37 PM - Techdirt

Apparently, schools in Houston are about to put in place a new cafeteria checkout system that will allow parents to set the rules on what their kids can and cannot eat. Then, if students try to buy something on the forbidden list, the system won't let them. On top of this, the parents will then be able to monitor exactly what the kids did buy. Similar systems are already in place elsewhere, but the Houston project is getting press for being one of the largest. It's an interesting idea, though, you wonder how effective it really is. It seems likely that the kids whose parents did not enroll them in the program, or whose parents are especially permissive will suddenly become quite popular as being the proper mules for buying forbidden foods. Still, it also makes you wonder why something similar isn't created on a larger scale for adults? Imagine if your local super market was aware of your latest diet and warned you not to buy that container of ice cream.

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