Too Fat to eat in public?

[Entropy]

I have to say I'm speechless.




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The Bill

HOUSE BILL NO. 282

An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state department of health; to direct the department to prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese and to provide those materials to the food establishments; to direct the department to monitor the food establishments for compliance with the provisions of this act; and for related purposes. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Mississippi:

SECTION 1.

(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to any food establishment that is required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Health under Section 41-3-15(4)(f), that operates primarily in an enclosed facility and that has five (5) or more seats for customers.

(2) Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.

(3) The State Department of Health shall monitor the food establishments to which this section applies for compliance with the provisions of this section, and may revoke the permit of any food establishment that repeatedly violates the provisions of this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2008.

[Ladydragon]

uhm... wow!! that is rediculous! But seriously, if they want to help with the obesity problem in this country they should change what goes into our foods. get rid of the chemicals and unnecessary junk thats in there. But then again thats what happens when you have the food & drug administration as one single unit. they allow the junk into the foods that make us fat and sick so they can send us to the doctor for the meds that get prescriped that in the long run are ineffective or more dangerous than the initial problem.

[jeffjr464]

aren't like 50% of americans technically "obese" ? that sure is cutting out alot of your customers lol

[420 boa]

Its a great idea, if people slimmed down our health care costs would drop a whole bunch!!!!!!!!!!!!

[littleindiangirl]

LOL, come on people. You know it won't pass....
On a side note, mississippi is the leading state for obese people....

Dont worry, I aint slamming ya, Michigan is close behind. *sigh

[recycling goddess]

SECTION 1.

(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to any food establishment that is required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Health under Section 41-3-15(4)(f), that operates primarily in an enclosed facility and that has five (5) or more seats for customers.

so in other words... keep the obese people at the drive through - fast food restaurants instead of possibly sitting down in regular restaurant and eating something healthier???

oh ya that makes loads of sense!

[tigerlily]

I'd like to see the first restaurant owner try and take a measuring tape to my hips to see if I could eat there. His ears would be ringing for weeks.

What's next, grocery stores that have to be responsible for what they are allowed to sell to obese people?

[PythonWallace]

Fast food lobbies are probably pushing this so people don't go into a chain and see that their food makes you obese. This is kind of like being cut off in a bar for overindulging.
"Sorry sir, looks like you've had enough. Why don't you go walk it off". This is just asking for another set of BK freakout commercials.

[MarkS]

Thats gotta be a joke. Either that or I'm going to have to start using the drive through more often.

[elevatethis]

If obese people don't recognize that they can't look down and see the tops of their feet, and continue to eat fast food, let them...its only themselves that they are hurting in the end.

That being said, I don't want to live in a world where the government can tell me what, when, and where I can and can't eat. Ever heard of the "slippery slope?" I'm all about making the world a healthier place to be, but government regulation isn't the answer...lifestyle and laziness is the cause of it all...

That bill is probably a joke.....