If a person commits contempt of court, he or she may be fined up to $1,000, and/or may be sentenced to up to 30 days in jail. In some cases, the judge may decide to be lenient and imposed a reduced fine of $500 and a jail sentence of five days, though it is unwise to depend on this outcome.
A person with a BMI (body mass index) value of 40 or greater would also be considered morbidly obese. Grade 3 overweight (commonly called severe or morbid obesity) is a BMI greater than or equal to 40 kg/m2. Morbid obesity is a chronic disease that manifests as a steady, slow, progressive increase in body weight.
Mississippi is among 12 states where at least 30 percent of adults are obese. The other states among the five with the highest obesity rates are Louisiana, 33.4 percent; West Virginia, 32.4 percent; Alabama, 32 percent; and Michigan, 31.3 percent. Colorado led the list of slimmer states.