I would like to know when being fat became equated with being unhealthy. I know many thin people who have heart disease, diabetes, cancer, strokes, bad knees, bad backs, etc. etc. etc. Meanwhile, I am so healthy it is sickening! I don't even get a cold! I have a regular check up every year. I walk on a regular basis and like my large grandparents I expect to live a very long life. They died in their 90's as did my father. For someone to try to dictate where I can and can't eat or how healthy I am based solely on my weight to height ratio is just plain ignorant.

It is no wonder our country is having so many problems. Instead of trying to finance health care so that everyone can have a yearly physical, our politicians are coming up with crap like this law. If everyone knew exactly where their health problems were from actual testing instead of stupid generalizations perhaps we would be a healthier nation over all. But with dieting being a multi-billion dollar industry I don't see any sanity coming any time soon.

And to the people who think this is no different than banning smoking, smoking isn't banned in an attempt to make you quit. It is banned so that I, a non-smoker, do not have to breath your carbons into my system. Second-hand smoke can only be controlled by not allowing it in public places. What you want to do in the privacy of your home or car is fine with me, but to subject me to something I can't control simply for your own pleasure is just plain rude. When I eat, I don't make you eat too. So don't try to make me smoke when you smoke!