NY fat attack

Have you heard this? The NY Health Department asked all NY restaurants to voluntarily ban trans fat rich ingredients. Now, as bad for you as trans fats may be I think this is just STUPID. I don’t think food - healthy food, not so healthy food - is the problem: I think people - NOT SO HEALTHY PEOPLE - are the problem.
I have worked (among other places) at a Mrs. Fields Cookie shop, as a baker for a chain of Seattle coffee shops and as an assistant pastry chef for Tom Douglas’s restaurants in Seattle. I know what goes into your madelines and sucre and tartes and crème brule and scones and pies. And I know, as you know, that “healthy” should not attach to certain foods. If it takes a pound of Crisco to make you a damn fine apple pie, it takes a pound of Crisco. I know, you know but would rather not know, and that’s the way it should be.
Here’s a thought NY: it’s not what people eat it’s how much they eat and how they live. How ‘bout this? Require every New Yorker to get a license to eat out. Or, have every NY Restaurant index their menus to the Body Mass Index. Waiters will wield calipers and qualify diners before taking orders. Got a healthy BMI? Then you can have the Alfredo. Unhealthy BMI? Sorry, you get the steamed fish and veggies.
Because really, I’m sure removing trans fats from restaurants will make up for all the crap New Yorkers will continue to purchase at the Grocers. And, processed foods remain one of the highest sources of trans fats.