Three politicians from the Mississippi House of Representatives, two Republicans and one Democrat, have proposed a bill that forbids restaurants and food establishments from serving food to anyone who is obese (as defined by the State).
Imagine walking into a restaurant and having to step onto a scale before being seated and served and if your
BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30 or higher, being refused service.
House Bill
282, PDF file
found here, has been introduced to the 2008 Mississippi legislative session, by Representative
W.T. Mayhall, Jr. and co-authored by
Bobby Shows, and
John Read.
The description of the bill:
Food establishments; prohibit from serving food to any person who is obese.
The title of the bill reads:
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 Establishment; To Direct The Department To Monitor The Food Establishment For Compliance With The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
Under this bill, restaurants that did not comply would have their business permits revoked.
Representative Mayhall admits he does not think his bill would pass but that it was, indeed,a serious effort on his part because of the “urgency of the obesity crisis and need for government action."
Mayhall has been a legislator since 2004 until present and if this bill passed he proposed it become effective in July of 2008 and he referred this bill to the Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary B, on 1/25/08.
Proposed Bill Says Fat People Not Allowed to Dine in Public
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