In Japan, it is illegal for men to have a waist larger than 33.5 inches. The limit for women is 35.4 inches. Those in violation are forced to undergo counseling (Hat tip to CEI colleague Megan McLaughlin).
The law, passed last year, is part of an effort to keep obesity rates low and avoid related health problems.
One problem with using wasitlines as the primary metric is that results can vary among measurers. According to one article, “Satoru Yamada, a doctor at…
Slate’s William Saletan has had it with the growing overreach of the food police, a reaction which he acknowledges puts him in unusual company.
For a long time, the only discernible libertarian around here was Jack Shafer, a man unable to wean himself from speech, guns, and other annoying constitutional amendments. But lately, other folks seem to be getting a bit Ayn Randy. On Saturday, Jacob Weisberg blew the whistle on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for trying to ban outdoor…
Don Gorske, a Wisconsin corrections officer, is in “good shape” after eating 23,000 Big Macs. He has, however, cut down on his consumption of french fries, which have a higher fat ratio than hamburgers. I lost ten pounds while working at McDonald’s, and eating lots of Big Macs and Quarter Pounders. A Richmond man lost 86 pounds. Soso Whaley also lost weight on a McDonalds’ diet. McDonald’s food is no fattier than many more expensive restaurants’. But that hasn’t stopped trial lawyers from suing McDonalds and blaming it for…
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