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Legislation To Ban Obese From Dining In Public

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Hard to imagine what might be behind a legislative proposal in Mississippi filed Friday which seeks to ban obese people from eating in restaurants. Using the BMI scale, the bill (HB282) demands that any customer whose BMI is 30 or above be refused entry or service.

Blogger Sandy Swarcz at Junkfood Science tried to find out from the bill’s sponsor (one W.T. Mayhall Jr., born in M

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