Miss. law would ban serving obese diners
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A state lawmaker wants to ban restaurants from serving food to obese customers Â but please, don't be offended. He says he never even expected his plan to become law.
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BETHALTO, Ill. - Some women at a tavern near this Metro East community took playing with their food to a new level last week by wrestling in mashed potatoes, and now the bar's owner is in hot legal water.
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Bills to protect restaurants and food companies against lawsuits by people who claim the meals or snacks made them fat are moving ahead in the states like hamburgers passed out a drive-thru window.    Measures known as "cheeseburger bills" bar people from seeking damages in court from food companies for weight gain and associated medical conditions, including heart disease and diabetes...
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In order to address the UK&#39;s growing obesity problem, king sized chocolate bars are soon going to be scrapped in most shops. This is one of seven voluntary guidelines for chocolate makers set out by the Food and Drink Federation.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The law that state lawmakers passed last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged hooked up to a feeding tube despite her husband's orders to remove it is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday...
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New regulations are keeping some fancy foods out of stores
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Some experts said the measure, which is opposed by the restaurant industry, would be a model for other cities.
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The food industry hits back at government plans to tackle obesity by introducing new food  labels and advert bans.
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A ban on smoking in cafes and restaurants, and pubs that serve prepared food, is expected to head the list of policy initiatives in the Government&#39;s long awaited White Paper on Public Health.
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ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control will take no action against a restaurant that served St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock before the drunken-driving accident that led to his death.
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The forces against menus gear up with a new pentalingual warning sign and new enforceable legislation that could fine businesses up to $1,000 for leaving unwanted advertisements.
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The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously yesterday to require the city's roughly 20,000 restaurants to stop cooking with trans fats, making New York the first major U.S. city to adopt such a ban.
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Tufts Health Plan next month will start denying gastric-bypass and stomach-banding procedures to some obese patients and require others to enter a yearlong diet and counseling program before undergoing the potentially lifesaving surgery.
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The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control will take no action against a restaurant that served Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock his death.
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A New Jersey senator wants to keep unhealthy food off the plates of fellow residents by banning from restaurants a cooking oil blamed for upping cholesterol levels and health care costs.
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Health officials proposed a new regulation requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus. A federal judge struck down an earlier plan.
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By Brian Peach, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 14-- -- Feeding the ducks at Noble Park will soon violate a city ordinance, and visitors who break that or other rules might risk a ban from all city parks.