Well, now here’s an interesting bit of nanny-stateism arising in Mississippi. Junkfood Science Blog references a bill just introduced in Mississippi:
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.
Of course, in my days working with the government relations folks, I learned very quickly that a lot of wild and wacky bills tend to get introduced into state houses at the start of state legislative sessions, and that it’s rather pointless to get too excited about them, since normally sane heads will prevail.
However, I would be amused to hear what the casinos think of such a measure.