Law Would Ban Serving Obese Diners
Well we have “responsible service of alcohol” regulations in Australia (supposedly) preventing the service of alcohol, in licensed premises and bottle shops, to anyone who is, or appears to be, intoxicated.
I’m not sure how similar laws, preventing the service of food at restaurants, for those deemed to be obese, as proposed by a legislator in the US state of Mississippi, would go down here however.
Come to that, there’s a fair degree of speculation as to how such laws will go down in Mississippi.
A state lawmaker wants to ban restaurants from serving food to obese customers - but please, don’t be offended. He says he never even expected his plan to become law. “I was trying to shed a little light on the number one problem in Mississippi,” said Republican Rep. John Read of Gautier, who acknowledges that at 5-foot-11 and 230 pounds (104 kilograms), he’d probably have a tough time under his own bill.
My question, how would such a law ever be enforced? Would restaurant owners be required to check a potential diner’s BMI before serving them?
