Obesity training proposed for child care workers

Another hare-brained scheme.

Nevada's licensed child care providers could soon be required to take annual training about childhood obesity.

Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday approved SB27, a bill that requires training each year in nutrition and fitness. Curriculum is free online.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas, said the goal is to combat an obesity epidemic. The bill now goes to Senate floor.

Supporters said 36 percent of children entering kindergarten in Nevada are overweight. As more mothers work outside the home, child care providers play a larger role in a child's health and development.

Not hardly.

If kids entering the system are fat, the proof of who is at fault is clear - parents.

Making others responsible for reversing the failings of the parents, besides being unfair, cannot work.

Holding these nutritional child abusers, i.e., the parents, accountable will work.