Mississippi Pols Seek To Ban Fats - February 1, 2008
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- Visigoth on 2008-02-03 - Tags dems , denial , legislators , mississippi , obese , repugs , restaurants , service , state , usa
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Mississippi Pols Seek To Ban Fats
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ew bill would make it illegal for restaurants to serve the obese
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FEBRUARY 1--Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons.
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Bill No. 282, a copy of which you'll find below, is the brainchild of three members of the state's House of Representatives,
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Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows.
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The bill, which is likely dead on arrival, proposes that the state's Department of Health establish weight criteria after consultation with Mississippi's Council on Obesity.
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It does not detail what penalties an eatery would face if its grub was served to someone with an excessive body mass index. (2 pages)
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