This whole "blaming fast food for obesity" thing really needs to stop.

[Ken Sapp]

After that Supersize Me "documentary" came out another bloke approached McDonalds with a proposition: he, a fatty, would eat nothing but McDonalds for a month and he would lose weight. He did it too. How? Because he chose the lighter options. Not hard.

I watched that "documentary", No one bothers to point out the flaws in the setup. A conscientious vegetarian(I think he may have been full on vegan) suddenly changes to a high fat, high salt and heavy consumption diet(made rule to always supersize if asked) of course he is going to gain weight quickly and feel like s#%$. I am not claiming that fast food is healthy but a "documentary" like that one blows the problem way out of proportion.

 

[Lilani]

I'm not sure anyone seriously blames fast food places for obesity anymore.

I was thinking the same thing. I haven't heard anything about people trying to sue fast food places for a while, now.

As far as I can tell, the new fad is blaming schools.

 

[windlenot]

I gotta split it between the people and society. People are lazy, too lazy to cook for themselves, or too lazy to do anything about their weight. Heh, I actually just went to McDonald's with my sister for a 50 challenge. To an extent, some can see the food as tasty and cheap.

 

[Ken Sapp]

I think that the fault needs to be put on the fact that organic, healthy food is so expensive. If someone can't afford fresh vegetables, then it doesn't matter how much they want to eat healthy, they're stuck at mcDonalds.

Stop worrying about whether it is organic and just go to the local supermarket and get some veggies. Evil pesticides are not a problem if you wash your veggies. And it has always been cheaper to prepare your own meals any time I have tallied up the costs compared to buying premade(fast food or microwave).

 

[Laser Priest]

Apparently, people exist only to try to stop others from making decisions that we disapprove of.

And when we can't do it, we call on the people in power to tell others that they're not allowed to do things we disapprove of.

 

[Sangreal Gothcraft]

They are just trying to make a buck and pay there Employees, Not The fast food fault , blame the Individual who buys it.

 

[imperialwar]

yup and this is why all the drones need to be micro chipped. if they wanna buy junk or booze or what ever they have to have their micro chip scanned. people cant be trusted to care for themselves, so the choice needs to be taken away. everytime they eat something their microchip scans the item and calculates the contents and if it exceedes their daily allowance the lifestyle police come and arrest them and send them to fat camp...
its the only way

 

[lucky_sharm]

Yeah, and we shouldn't blame cigarettes for cancer...I mean its the people who are smoking, it isn't the cigarettes!

That isn't a very good example. Cigarettes are addictive and can be difficult to quit from if you do it too often. That isn't the case with fast food. You're not going to get the shakes and the sweats from not getting your daily McNugget fix.

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

Stop blaming guns for murders and stop blaming fast food for obesity? NEVER!!!! Something other than the person must be held accountable!!!

Seriously, it's never gonna happen; no one likes to be held accountable for anything

 

[Paksenarrion]

This thread makes me hungry for fast food...

 

[BlumiereBleck]

My question is, if people are all like "you're beautiful no matter what!" then why criticize obesity and fast food! CONTRADICTION!

 

[Brawndo]

Can't blame fast food companies for merely supplying a product to fill consumer demand.

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Well, logically speaking, the availability of food that is made for taste, and definitely not for health reasons certainly contributes to obesity. It's obviously not the only thing that contributes to obesity, but I'm a little unsure how people get off saying that fast food is 100% not to blame for obesity.

THAT SAID- obviously not everyone who eats fast food is obese(I'm certainly not ) or even overweight, just making a point.

Also, addictions come in two formats:

Physiological, which is the aforementioned "shakes and sweats"

and

Psychological, which is like an overwhelming desire in your mind, it simply doesn't affect your body directly.

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People fail to keep in mind that schools are assigning ungodly amounts of homework to students now, which is also majorly contributing to sedimentary lifestyles. Although PC states, and this is clearly bullshit, that teachers are above reproach and can never have their actions questioned.

I have no respect for educators at all. For every good one, there's 199 shitty ones who would be fired at any other job.

I don't know what PC is, but I pretty much totally agree. So many teachers are awful at what they do, and oftentimes I hesitate to even call them teachers, what knowledge are they actually imparting that isn't prejudicial propaganda? As I stated before, not all teachers are bad (my physics teacher kicks major ass, gives little to no homework and spends most of his time trying to get us interested in physics instead of throwing equations at us) though.

Also, I often find myself questioning the value of homework... how many jobs are there that will require us to work at home? If we are forced to use our private time for things that should be done at the workplace(school) then what are we doing at school? Wasting time?

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the only reason that fast food would have a role in obesity is the fact that is cheap.

and fast and easily accesible.

 

[jbchillin]

Its the persons responsibility not the fast food restaurants. people need more self control these days.

the only reason that fast food would have a role in obesity is the fact that is cheap.

 

[CaptainKoala]

I agree, but it is the nature of humanity to blame someone else for your problems.
Also, WTF IS UP WITH THIS CAPTCHA?!?!?

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