{"id":6722,"date":"2009-03-19T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6722"},"modified":"2009-03-20T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T16:11:18","slug":"man-fired-for-too-much-waist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/man-fired-for-too-much-waist\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Fired for Too Much &#8220;Waist&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6723\" title=\"measure-mans-belly\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/measure-mans-belly.gif\" alt=\"overweight man\" width=\"249\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>Patrick J. Ronayne is suing his former employer, Winston Golf and Winston Manufacturing of 3Sixty Group LLC, after being fired from his $75,000-a-year sales position because &#8220;he was not a <a title=\"flat belly diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Preventions_Flat_Belly_Diet\/\" target=\"_self\">flat belly<\/a>.&#8221; That statement is reported as being told to Ronayne in his lawsuit claim, and that he &#8220;was replaced by a thinner person.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ronayne is seeking more than $25,000 for weight and age discrimination. The 5 foot 11 inch man is 61-years-old and weights 225 pounds, according to state records. This puts his <a title=\"BMI\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/25-of-americans-are-obese\/\" target=\"_self\">BMI<\/a> at more than 31, which is considered &#8220;obese.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman for the company, Garrett Morelock, says Ronayne &#8220;wasn&#8217;t a good salesman&#8221; and that the lawsuit is &#8220;absurd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Via: <a title=\"associated press\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jw05aS_XHQ3itnhsOMHY8vHME41wD971AG5O1\" target=\"_self\">Associated Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick J. Ronayne is suing his former employer, Winston Golf and Winston Manufacturing of 3Sixty Group LLC, after being fired from his $75,000-a-year sales position because &#8220;he was not a flat belly.&#8221; That statement is reported as being told to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/man-fired-for-too-much-waist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[749,31,92,1232],"class_list":["post-6722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","tag-bmi","tag-health-news","tag-obesity","tag-patrick-ronayne"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6730,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6722\/revisions\/6730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}