No food service for Obese people!!!

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Better lose some weight if you want to eat in MISSISSIPPI

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/02/bill-would-make.html

Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.

House Bill No. 282, which was introduced this month, says: 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.

The proposal would allow health inspectors to yank the permit from any restaurant that "repeatedly" feeds extremely overweight customers.

The bill, written by GOP Rep. W. T. Mayhall Jr., was referred to the Judiciary and Public Health committees, but The Jackson Free Press doesn't expect it to garner much support in the statehouse.

About two-third of Mississippians are considered overweight or obese, according to a recent analysis of federal health data.

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[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

It has actually happened. Lawmakers have proposed legislation that forbids restaurants and food establishments from serving food to anyone who is obese (as defined by the State). Under this bill, food establishments are to be monitored for compliance under the State Department of Health and violators will have their business permits revoked.

House Bill 282 was introduced in the 2008 Mississippi legislative session on Friday by Representative W.T. Mayhall, Jr., a retired pharmaceutical salesman with DuPont-Merk. Its co-authors are Bobby Shows, a businessman, and John Read, a pharmacist.

The full text reads:

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.

Should this pass, scales will appear at the door of restaurants, people with BMIs of 30 or higher won’t be allowed to be served. And to comply with government regulations, restaurants will have to keep records of patrons' BMIs.

Is this a tongue-in-cheek bill, meant to point out how absurd the war on obesity has become? Or do lawmakers actually believe the myths that gluttony is the cause for obesity and that it is the government’s role to force people to eat and live how it deems best?

I called lead author, Rep. Mayhall, and asked if this was serious legislation or tongue-in-cheek to make a point. He kindly took a moment to answer my question while the legislature was in session. He said that while, regrettably, he doesn’t believe his bill will pass, this is serious. He wrote it, he said, because of the “urgency of the obesity crisis and need for government action.” He hopes it will “call attention to the serious problem of obesity and what it is costing the Medicare system.”

So, yes, this is for real and these elected officials actually believe this stuff.

The time is now for all Americans who value their freedom to eat, look, breathe and live their lives how they choose to unite!

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

I guess Mississippi seems to miss telling people they wont be served.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

I guess Mississippi seems to miss telling people they wont be served.

lol...i hear some lawsuits coming...dont take food from a fat person..it aint pretty.

" I seen it once. Fella took a turkey leg off her plate and took off running. You say fat chicks aint athletic? Horse shit."

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

thats pretty much bullshit.

we only live once so everyone should be allowed to live how they want.

if they choose to be a fatass and eat unhealthily....then so be it.

 

[bds0688 10+ year member]

Until their health issues plague everyone around them. This is extreme as hell, but perhaps it will give the fat peices of shit a much needed wake up call.

 

[zues 10+ year member]

They're gonna lose a lot of money. How do you think us fat people got that way.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

They're gonna lose a lot of money. How do you think us fat people got that way.

prolly that little debbie bit ch

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Just put all the fast food joints at the top of 10 story buildings with no elevators you will fix the problem.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

I guess Mississippi seems to miss telling people they wont be served.

true.

thats pretty much bullshit.we only live once so everyone should be allowed to live how they want.

if they choose to be a fatass and eat unhealthily....then so be it.

and let the criminals be criminals, the ****** be rapists, the ********** be **********.... etc etc...

Until their health issues plague everyone around them. This is extreme as hell, but perhaps it will give the fat peices of shit a much needed wake up call.

Wake up call indeed.

They're gonna lose a lot of money. How do you think us fat people got that way.

no self control?

Just put all the fast food joints at the top of 10 story buildings with no elevators you will fix the problem.

this may work. It would be like putting everyone on the jarod workout plan.