I know many libertarians will decry this move as another attempt by the nanny state to protect us from things we might not want to be protected from:
Following the New York City Board of Health's unanimous decision to phase trans fats off the city's restaurant menus, experts say the move could be an important step in saving many people from heart disease.
Restaurateurs and others, however, say the decision could have a devastating impact on New York's restaurant industry, and it might not even make restaurant food that much healthier.
But it isn't just the restaurant patron eating the food -- perhaps unsuspecting of what is being consumed -- that is being protected. I have many friends, mostly female, who claim that they gain weight merely by looking at overly rich food. This is a brave stand against secondhand fat.
