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To: DMaA who wrote (6642)	6/30/2003 11:42:56 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

LOL. You raise an interesting question about the scope of privacy. As far as I know, no one is taking an interest, unnatural or otherwise, in what you put into your individual mouth. (I should clarify that to what FOOD you put in your mouth, specifically the fat content thereof. Body parts not your own are another matter.) They are interested in the fat content of foods consumed by Americans, in general, which I would not think of as a privacy issue for any of us. Nor do they want to ban any foods due to fat content so you and I individuals are not being intruded upon in that way. The most activist proposal I've heard is to make fast food operations provide more readily available nutritional information and that's not coming from the bureaucrats, I don't think. That last one would seem to me to be compatible with privacy because it gives you information to make a personal choice of whether to consume or not. So, if there are any privacy issues regarding fatty foods, I'm missing them. As long as I can eat what I want in the privacy of my own home or in a restaurant, no one is keeping track of my eating habits, and sidewalks are not off limits to people who sway or waddle when they walk, I don't see the privacy issue.