Michelle Obama’s Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act is mandating a study that would include measuring and weighing children in daycare. It will be carried out by bureaucrats from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The USDA published a notice (below) on Friday that proposed means of data collection which included what meals are serviced in professional and home daycare facilities as well as how much physical activity the children participate in.

Aside from addressing the food intake and physical activity, the USDA will also check the weight and height of the children.

The notice said:

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Children will be asked to cooperate with study staff who will weigh and measure them for the Standing Height and Weight Form.

The USDA said the data collection is important because there are more then 30 million children in daycare.

Good nutrition is a key to proper childhood development, but not enough is known about the food children are eating in childcare and related programs. In 2011, 32.7 million children were in regular childcare arrangement while their parents worked or pursued other activities outside of the home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

In addition the USDA said:

The intent of the study is to document the quality of meals and snacks offered in childcare facilities, relative to the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which are prepared by USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the types of activities that might promote or inhibit healthy weight and development. The study will also provide insights into how nutritional quality and physical activity in childcare might be improved.

The study is said to include 12,472 participants, including 3,000 children who are in childcare facilities, family day care homes, and after-school programs. It is said the study is being implemented due to the heightened concern over adequate nutrition, diet control and obesity in young children.

You can read the USDA announcement here: Day Care Weigh In.USDA