http://eternallyoptimistic.com/2008/02/04/weight-discrimination/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:34:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://eternallyoptimistic.com/2008/02/04/weight-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Dave Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:30:04 +0000 http://eternaloptimist.wordpress.com/?p=239#comment-329 So i think this is quite absurd and i am sure unenforceable. But i think you should probably get used to the idea of BMI type measurements becoming more common place. The life insurance companies certainly already calculate it on their own when they process your application. Heart disease is still the biggest kill (and by association health care cost) in North America. We already tax other health "sins" like tobacco and alcohol. Given the spiraling costs of health care it only serves to reason that somebody (government) will try to contain them some how. As futile as a tax would be, however, this would be even crazier. The idea that TGI Fridays waitress not serving you would cause you to go home and hit the stair master is ridiculous. It would more likely cause you to go to the Chiles down the road with the waiter that will serve anyone and never return to TGI Fridays. Enough of this behaviour would in turn cause TGI Fridays to institute an unwritten policy to serve "contraband" to their heaftier customers. It is like the teen that wants to buy alcohol, somewhere, somebody will serve them; it just takes time. Alternatively, the BMI violator will return to the comfort of their own home and make their own fat food of choice. Next topic: BMI Not a Reliable Measurement for Defining Obesity. Bottom line here is that we need better politicians and law makers... So i think this is quite absurd and i am sure unenforceable. But i think you should probably get used to the idea of BMI type measurements becoming more common place. The life insurance companies certainly already calculate it on their own when they process your application. Heart disease is still the biggest kill (and by association health care cost) in North America. We already tax other health “sins” like tobacco and alcohol. Given the spiraling costs of health care it only serves to reason that somebody (government) will try to contain them some how. As futile as a tax would be, however, this would be even crazier. The idea that TGI Fridays waitress not serving you would cause you to go home and hit the stair master is ridiculous. It would more likely cause you to go to the Chiles down the road with the waiter that will serve anyone and never return to TGI Fridays. Enough of this behaviour would in turn cause TGI Fridays to institute an unwritten policy to serve “contraband” to their heaftier customers. It is like the teen that wants to buy alcohol, somewhere, somebody will serve them; it just takes time. Alternatively, the BMI violator will return to the comfort of their own home and make their own fat food of choice. Next topic: BMI Not a Reliable Measurement for Defining Obesity. Bottom line here is that we need better politicians and law makers…

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