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Okay, now, miller and i had dinner a few weeks ago and we ate in this she she restaurant. i picked up the tab. i forget what you had to eat. it was very reasonable. we were eating in a reasonable fashion. >> i think we had scallops. >> bill: some of that stuff. we had belini. >> there we have it our belini. >> it's a drink from venice. a great drink. >> bill: is that right? no idea. >> i will educate you. i'm david nebit >> that was almost bound to happen. >> bill: do you eat junk food and if so do you want it taxed? >> i don't usually like junk food when i watch a person like meme roth on you...

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 do...

>> listen to this, the federal government is trying to track your kid's body weight. that's what will happen if a bill introduced by wisconsin congressman ron kind gets enough votes. is this a step in the right direction, is it against obesity or is the federal government overstepping. here is meme roth and andrew, good morning to both of you. big brother rearing its ugly head. they want to measure the bmi to 18 year olds. sounds intrusive. why is this a good idea? >> children's health and well-being is not a bipartisan issue. it's aggregated information and not invading privacy.

Huckabee, started tracking bmi in schools and makes us realize the numbers and progress of the problem and tracking will help us-- hopefully aging chirp out of this issue and bringing up the next generation with a healthy bmi. the good news, obligates the doctor to bring up the conversation with parents. right now it's a very difficult discussion and a lot of doctors don't want to bring it up and parents react badly when it's brought up and this makes it a normal part of the checkup, a grade idea. >> andrew, it's a bill voted on, but the parents appear to have no say in this. should they? >> i...

Debate meme roth against national action against obesity and rick berman, the center for consumer freedom. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> rick, start with you, this is clearly a national obesity epidemic, but you say in this case, this is going too far by our government. why so? >> well, you know, just watching the news this morning, now, this segment's being book ended by the oil spill and the bomb threat in new york and if you want to know why people get angry at government it's because we're dealing with this issue in light of all of the other ones. people get angry when the gover...