The obesity backlash begins: MedCity Morning Read, Feb. 3, 2010

Frustrated by rising health insurance premiums–and perhaps a host of other perceived problems–caused in part by obese Americans, “slim society” has had enough. The most egregious example comes from Mississippi, where legislators sought to pass a bill that would’ve allowed restaurants to prohibit obese people from dining.

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