Only in America, Mississippi to be exact would you have legislation introduced in 2008 effectively banning people with a BMI over 30 from restaurants and dining areas.
HOUSE BILL NO. 282
(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.
No joke.
Imagine being asked to step on a scales before you entered your favourite Eddie Rockets and then watching as yer mates head on in and you left pawing the glass, salivating on the window. Wouldn’t happen to me, I’m a lean fighting machine!
Eh how do you work out BMI as a matter of interest?? eh ahem
Anyways, ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
