{"id":2014,"date":"2022-02-02T02:16:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2022-02-02T02:32:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:32:36","slug":"cdc-to-implement-bmi-passport-to-enter-grocery-stores-and-bakeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/cdc-to-implement-bmi-passport-to-enter-grocery-stores-and-bakeries\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC To Implement BMI Passport To Enter Grocery Stores and Bakeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After seeing a massive spike of hospitalizations with COVID-19 among the obese, more than 80%, the CDC has finally mandated BMI passports to enter certain venues frequented by the overweight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Starting Monday, any person with a suspected BMI of over 30 will be required to show proof that their BMI is under 30,&#8221; said the director of the CDC. She added, &#8220;If you&#8217;re BMI pass indicates a number above 30, you will be denied entry to any venue that sells food. This includes restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, variety stores and cafes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There has been fierce opposition to this new mandate from pro-obese and pro-choice groups, stating, &#8220;this is obvious discrimination to those who can&#8217;t control their weight.&#8221; There has also been criticism that the Body Mass Index is not a reliable indicator of obesity for some people, especially short and wide people, such as Joe Rogan, who is obese, according to the BMI scale.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC believes that not allowing overweight individuals to enter shops that sell food, they will continue putting on the pounds and overwhelming the hospitals during this pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After seeing a massive spike of hospitalizations with COVID-19 among the obese, more than 80%, the CDC has finally mandated BMI passports to enter certain venues frequented by the overweight. &#8220;Starting Monday, any person with a suspected BMI of over 30 will be required to show proof that their BMI is under 30,&#8221; said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[126,127,31,117,125,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions\/2025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypoutine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}