Bill Introduced in 1 state to ban restaurants serving the obese

Somebody is trying to become "known". I hope the attempt backfires.

Seeing as how I have seen plenty of news stories printed about obese people filing lawsuits against the fast food and other restaurants for "making" them fat, I don't think there is one thing wrong with this.
Maybe if people would take their own responsibility for their own gluttony
and quit trying to blame others it would not have to come to this.

HUM DId the writer take any science classes past the second or third grade??

Well, it certainly is not caused by the restaurants serving foods.


And yes, I should have posted a disclaimer in my previous post that I am aware there are medical conditions that cause weight gain. Sorry about that.

Restaurants not serving them won't help, even if it did pass. They can always go the food store, or call for delivery and have their average weight family members meet the door. Seriously....unreal.

It sounds discriminatory to me, no matter what the reason is for them being heavy. What's next, ugly people being banned from bars?

...lol.. I eat a kids meal at a big chain that claims "healthy meals... lol it had more sugar in it than I allow in a day most days...

This has got to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. Talk about the government stepping on our rights!! When is this stupidity ever going to end? Educating people on eating a healthy diet and on how important a healthy diet is to their health, is what is needed. But it is OUR choice if we want to eat healthy or not, not the governments. What other rights will they want to take away next? This is pure discrimination to people who have a weight problem. I doubt that it would pass, but then again, they way things are now, it would not surprise me if it did. America, home of the free...now that is a joke
These lawsuits are just wrong as the majority of lawsuits are. These should have been thrown out of court.

Obesity in proliferating in the United States: 3.8 million people are over 300 pounds, over 400,000 people (mostly males) carry over 400 pounds and the average adult female weighs an unprecedented 163 pounds!

63% of Americans are overweight with a Body Mass Index (BMI) in excess of 25.0.

31% are obese with a BMI in excess of 30.0.

If that bill is passed, there will be a great number of restaurants closing, and a whole lot of people thrown out of work.

Well said! Talk about Orwellian tactics. It would be humorous to see hostesses getting people on scales and taking body measurements for BMIs

Does anyone remember that study on the Ocean's Eleven (Twelve?) cast on who was overweight - I can really see them turning away the stars saying sorry but you are classed as obese.

Really - where do people come up with these ideas?

Why don't they try passing a bill that makes restaurants server LOW SODIUM, LOW FAT food, desserts where the sugar doesn't outweight the rest of the ingrediants, and SMALLER portions.

Preventing obese individuals from being served only deters them for a little bit, not long term. Americans are now in the habit of eating out 1-3 days a week on average. Maybe if the food is served nutrionally then we could curb the obesity rate.

oh sure and while we're at it why don't we bring back the segregation laws Ridiculous!

IMO, it would make more sense to ban high-fructose corn syrup, or at least require HFC to have a warning label My urologist warned me about HFC way back in '92 - he told me that it was developed as a cheap, fast way to put weight on meat animals & it had adverse effect on study mammals, but the original food-critters were to be through the slaughterhouse & on the shelf or in the freezer well before that became an issue. Now it's in sodas, some soups, desserts, etc.,etc.

now there is a ban for me... it is also in bread , peanut butter( some " natural" ones too)

I can see my overweight self marching off to the state-authorized doctor to get my BMI card to see if I could go out to eat or not!

I guess to be fair everyone would have to have their state-authorized doctor's BMI card. Or maybe we could just get it done when we renew out driver's licenses?

On the other hand, there is a law here in California, that bartenders cannot serve anyone who is noticeably tipsy. Of course they are a danger on the road.

SOOOOO agreed!

The nanny state continues expanding. I have no problem with children's services investigating a situation with small children who are obese. I know there are situations where it is a medical condition or a reaction to certain necessary medications but many times it is poor parenting. Small children aren't responsible for themselves, adults are responsible for them. Adults are responsible for themselves, the government can't take responsibility for their weight problem.

As with an alcoholic, no one makes you eat or drink anything if you are an adult. You are in control, and you know the risks and will suffer the consequences.

Children, that's another story. Someone can tell them not to eat all that crap. Should be the parents, and as we all know the schools have stepped in and tried to assist.

You know, this could be totally out in left field, but I've been beginning to wonder the following: if we're going to legislate anything based on the obesity epidemic, why don't we legislate a significantly shorter workweek, national healthcare and a living wage for all American workers? Personally, doing the above seem a lot less Big Brother-ish than telling people what they can and cannot eat.

The heathcare is pretty self-explanatory, by the way, but a short explanation of the other two: In Chicago, recent studies have shown that poor (and predominantly black, but that is neither here nor there) neighborhoods generally do not have a store that sells produce. Stores that sell produce (like Jewel or Dominick's or whatever) refuse to invest in these areas for a variety of reasons, and produce can often be far more expensive than convenience foods. If everyone earned enough money to make basic ends meet, perhaps that would level the playing field and people could afford high-quality food. It's also related to...

A shorter workweek. I think that one of the biggest reasons people don't eat healthfully is because they simply don't have the time to sit down and eat a meal, let alone get to the gym and/or prepare a balanced meal for themselves. I think more and more Americans eat in their cars or at their desks because we're all running around like crazy people, often with more than job or a job we need to put 80 hours a week in at to make ends meet. If we had a system in which we all worked a maximum of 30 hours a week and still made a living wage, we'd all be more healthy on so many levels. Think about it: less depression, less stress, more time for our families and relationships and more time to stay healthy. It seems to be working for France, after all. Granted, it would take a few generations for us to calm the heck down and lose this silly puritanical work ethic we've been nursing for 250 years, but hey. It's (healthy and organic) food for thought

I think people have to much leisure time on their hands now.

i agree!

This is ridiculous. We need to stamp out frivolous laws and frivolous lawsuits. I'm starting to think it's our country's focus on weight (whether it's super-skinny models that represent a very small % of our population, or the obese) that causes many of these issues!

I'm so tired of our legislators deciding what we should or should not be responsible for in our own lives. What next? The pantry gestapo?