Have you guys read this article about how US Representative W.T Mayhall, Jr. is trying to pass legislation that restaurants should have patrons step on a scale and be weighed, have their body mass index charted and be denied access if they are obese? Holy invasion of privacy, Batman! Crazy, no?

You want to curb obesity? Go to the source. Fix the food. Add a luxury tax to prepared food items, create legislation over high fructose anything, preservatives, and other unhealthy additions to what we eat that save consumers time and companies money. Demand that companies create whole food options, and replace the junk with things that are better. Give tax breaks to large companies that serve healthy foods in their cafeterias or who replace candy machines with whole food machines and offer programs that encourage their cubicle trained staff to get up and move.

Mandate that schools replace their pre-processed preservative/additive laden fast food with wholesome, healthful foods for our children- particularly since we have so many underprivileged children whose parents have to serve them the school hot lunches because the government provides them free.

And NEVER, NEVER call someone fat and assume that it is because they binge. Metabolisms change. People have thyroid conditions. People, like me, miscarry and have to lug around the extra 15 pounds for a year. I know too many fat people who eat considerably less that I do, move more and weigh much, much more than I do.

Absolutely ridiculous. Who went and elected this guy?