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[Atavistic]

According to height/weight charts, my brother is obese.

My brother is a ripped firefighter Marine. He can run a mile in under 6 mins, he can bench press twice his own weight.

My God, that law is such bullshit. I'm trying to figure out what the politicians who brought it up are trying to do. I mean, politicians bring up dumb bills all the time, but what was the purpose of this one?

[Zutronius]

This rule would do nothing but create more trouble. What needs to be done is to examine the cause(s) of obesity (crappy diet, poor health, work, stress, etc) and try to come up with solutions to the problem. Turning away people because they're too obese will just make them feel like outcasts in their own communities.

[Atavistic]

And isn't Mississippi one of the fattest States, if not the fattest? So that means that a) most people going to any restaurant are going to be fat AND b) most of the employees are going to be fat. What, are they going to fire all the fat employees, too?

[mistermasan]

we used to go down to mississippi every year for the blues festival. it is a whole different world down there. cotton fields being worked by million dollar tractors and very little labor. gambling casinos would seem to be the biggest employer. a quiet, desperate place.

[browneyedgirl]

What about those naturally thin people who eat like pigs? It isn�t really encouraging people to be healthy, just punishing some unhealthy eaters and not others.

[Draz]

[djsmnc]

Obviously a better thing to do would be to invest a lot more in health initiatives, or even go so far as to create zoning laws that only permit certain amounts of fast food in different areas. In the States there is very little choice (as mamasan mentioned). I know of a few major thoroughfares in my hometown that are condensed with garbage food restaurants. McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, Dunkin Donuts, Taco Bell all in a row. If you want to skip out on franchised fast food you can have Chinese, Mexican, or local Burger restaurants. Wanna eat something a little upscale? There's Chili's, Outback, TGIF, and Applebee's. Then you can have a fine dessert at Dairy Queen or a Macchiato with whipped cream at Starbucks.

Where's the BOONSHIK??

[Atavistic]

[kimchi_pizza]

[JustJohn]

[Ukon]

[canuckistan]

On the flip side--should we force feed anorexics?

[twg]

I'm not going to defend the out of shape by saying it's not their responsibility, I know that my gut is there because I never work hard at getting rid of it.... but there are a few things missing from the argument:

1- By and large, the food affordable to the average North American is made of fat, chemicals, and sugar. This doesn't cause the obesity, but it contributes to it.

2- Modern living is sedentary. As was pointed out above, if your lifestyle as a desk-jockey doesn't give you a chance to burn calories, then you obviously won't.

Basically, obesity is a symptom of the machine that makes the modern world. For the most part, productive members of society don't need to be active members of society. Lets face it, thin model types, and sports players are not useful members of the culture. Desk jockeys that work ten hour days and never hit the gym, are.

3- Humans are designed to store fat due to evolving in an era where food wasn't easy to come by. Now it is easy to come by, but the genetics haven't changed to match.

Should the west lose it's relative wealth and comfortable lifestyle, you'll see obesity rates plummet. But easy access to food + easy modern lifestyle = more fat people than normal. No way around it.

Legislating it with a "freedom fries" level idiotic idea won't make it go away. But it IS possible to lessen the odds of the problem continuing into the future by legislating the food producers to stop filling their products up with junk, and getting into the schools and keeping the crappy food from getting to the kids. All the while educating them on the importance of moderation and exercise.

On that point: Moderation is not one of the virtues of our society. Being extreme in everything, is. This will also have to change.

It took two generations to get to this point, it'll take a couple to get it under control.

[crusher_of_heads]

[beast]

Yes, this bill sounds great!!! The obese should also be banned from grocery stores. If they want to eat, they have to grow their own until they slim down.