A scheme, by definition, is a plan or program of action - so when I read the headline "Diabetes scheme claims success" - I had to inquire further. Sounds dubious - doesn't it?

It's a course being offered in the UK, which covers every aspect of diabetes from the everyday little things to dietary advice to complications. Not much of a scheme, really. That headline is child's play compared to a new house bill proposed in Mississippi!

In a desperate attempt to launch a sobering wakeup call to 30% of residents - Mississippi lawmakers have introduced House Bill 282. The bill will allow restaurants to deny service to obese customers. The bill intends to raise awareness of the seriousness of obesity and the illnesses it can cause - elevated blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes among them. But will it work?

The authors of the bill are fully aware it may never come to pass. However the reality of diabetes is undeniable. It's one thing when you hear every bell tolling the likelihood of developing diabetes. Some people are diagnosed with Type 2 without ANY forewarning whatsoever. Type 1 diabetes is more often mysteriously cruel. In either instance - at the end of the day - any type of diabetes is a handful of responsibility, both personally and universally. The world need not dispatch campaigns of disparity or discrimination to aid in curtailing the disease. Instead, we should look at it from the good for the goose / good for the gander perspective.

Similar to New York City passing the trans fat ban - if you can't serve unhealthy foods to the healthy...maybe you shouldn't be serving it AT ALL?