As part of the recent bout of anti-fat silliness, the U of Iowa has banned corn-on-the-cob eating contests:

"I don't know that anyone can say that's a healthy concept," Jones said of the event planned by the U of I Alumni Association.

Jones asked his staff to veto eating contests to support new health-conscious initiatives on campus, he said. The corn-on-the-cob contest is not the first to hit the compost pile; a hot dog eating contest planned by the residence halls was also trashed.

 Of course, we all know what kind of total fatties these contests produce.