School combats obesity with activity monitors, and more

School combats obesity with activity monitors

A New York school district is combating obesity by making overweight students wear electronic activity monitors. The devices measure heart rate, physical movement, and sleeping patterns, so Bay Shore school officials can track whether fat students are physically active. “A program like this should only be voluntary,” said Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union. “There are key privacy interests at play.”

Shreveport official to ban pajamas in public

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A Shreveport, La., official has introduced a bill to ban the wearing of pajamas in public. Parish Commissioner Michael Williams says he recently saw youths wearing pajama bottoms at a local Wal-Mart, and that a line must be drawn. “Today it’s pajamas, tomorrow it’s underwear,” said Williams. “Where does it stop?