As the Obama administration sets its sights on overweight Americans, demanding obesity ratings for all citizens by 2014, the White House has promoted the Obamas' personal cook to a senior advisory position.
Sam Kass, the 20-something Chicago chef, is now the White House "Food Initiative Coordinator," Kass' title reportedly was upgraded last month from food initiative coordinator to senior policy adviser for health food initiatives. His duties have not changed.
The change comes as the Health and Human Services announced this week that under the stimulus law, health care providers must establish "meaningful use" of electronic health records to qualify for federal subsidies or risk seeing their Medicare and Medicaid payments slashed. The electronic health records must include Americans' body mass index, or BMI, height and weight.
Critics say the BMI is unreliable and the ratings will lead to more government intrusion.
Supporters say the ratings will serve as motivation for weight loss.
"The fact we're now tracking BMIs', I think knowledge is power for us," nutrition expert Mitzi Dulan told Fox News."There are a lot of people that don't know their BMI and it's denial.
Dulan noted that a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that $147 billion is spent annually on obesity-related costs, or 10 percent of medical costs.
I think this speaks for itself, but in case you didn't get it, not only does the government now have a right to know the combined volume of your eyelashes, what tea you like to drink, and how many times you've stepped in a mud puddle, they now insist on knowing how fat you are for your own good.
And the Obama's personal cook is now a senior White House official. Again, this speaks for itself (for more info, see "Czars, Czars, Czars..." from yesterday).
I have clung to a sliver of hope for a while now, but now I say with conviction: we are SCREWED if we don't do something, fast.
P.S. I would rather be fat than have their wallets be.
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