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Super sizing...
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The new McDonald's Debate- I think it was even on ESPN last night.
Should McDonald's end the super sizing for the big American appetites, or should people be able to choose for themselves, knowing fulling the repercussions of the amount of calories, fat, trans fat, etc?
Pal of mine who is stick thin is very irritated that he will have to buy 2 large fries from now on and pay more because he has a good metabolism. I reminded him that the cholesterol can still get him, but he pointed out that he knew fully what he was eating and its his heart.
Are the people who are super sizing now just going to be tripling their fry order, or do you think it will make a difference?
People can still go to Wendy's for their Biggie Menu!
Should McDonald's end the super sizing for the big American appetites, or should people be able to choose for themselves, knowing fulling the repercussions of the amount of calories, fat, trans fat, etc?
Pal of mine who is stick thin is very irritated that he will have to buy 2 large fries from now on and pay more because he has a good metabolism. I reminded him that the cholesterol can still get him, but he pointed out that he knew fully what he was eating and its his heart.
Are the people who are super sizing now just going to be tripling their fry order, or do you think it will make a difference?
People can still go to Wendy's for their Biggie Menu!
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Did you people hear about that chap who decided to have breakfast, lunch and dinner at a McD (or was it a BK?) for a full month as an experiment? He created an internet blog to record any changes, and the state of him was absolutely shocking at the end of the month. About 10 kgs fatter, with incredible levels of cholesterol and in actual danger of organ failure.
That gives you an idea of the vile effects such food has on the body.
I'm all for slapping VAT on unhealthy foods anyway.
Fast food is VERY bad for you, and regardless of whether the 'we're all going to die' argument and all of that, fast food has an immediate effect on people's lives (usually children).
In addition it is of poor quality and takes like shite- something to which most people eventually agree on once their taste buds evolve a bit. So I really can't see any benefits of such food.
I don't think I'd never have children but if I did I'd be fucked before I take them to a fast food joint. Quite why so many parents allow their kids to eat such things is well beyond me. Perhaps detailed information about the fat and salt contents of such products and their effects on people would encourage more parents to take their children elsewhere- even if it results in a little tantrum from the kid because he didn't get a plastic toy with his meal.
Its called 'a treat', parents often give children treats and going to McDonalds or BK is where the kids like to go.
Bopz
that wasnt me, honest
It was only a treat when the kids had to rely on their parents to buy it for them on special occasions.
Now they have their own money, and in my opinion are a bunch of spoilt little brats.
When I was younger I might have had a McDonalds once a month, if that. Now you see kids living off the stuff, parents taking them there every other night because they can't be arsed to cook a decent meal.
It's disgusting that we can all see this country turning into a small, greener version of America yet we aren't doing anything about it.
me mam never let me eat Mcdonalds and im fairly healthy, apart from lack of exercise i have no real health issuses, and im not overweight, if anything im slightly underweight.
whereas my friends' mam took them to Mcdonalds over twice a week and although she exercises loads she's still overweight.
i dont think enough stress is put on how important a healthy diet is in school. only at the start of this year did our school start serving tuna pasta salads and fruit, unfortunately they still serve the burgers and chips etc
Our Becks used to like vegetables, she started school dinners and now she says she does not like them. All it takes is for one kid to say " cabbage is horrible" and the kid who once liked cabbage now hates it.
Ive had many a go at our Becks and said "you like cabbage" but because whoever doesnt like it then she gets it into her head she doesent like it, hence she wont eat her veg.
But im making progress !!! During the week we had roast beef dinner and she actually ate a few carrots and one piece of cauliflower (albeit they were small pieces), so I was well chuffed
If you get me... I blame the media if anything. As for supersizing it, a regular meal ain't big enough to fill anyone for long, so why not supersize it? people will soon complain as the rate of obesity soars and has an impact on the NHS.
Oh and MacDonalds don't have a fantastic animal rights record... and KFC are disgusting for that.
People are complaining.
As for what we should look like, yes it's all very well and good being comfortable with your weight, but it's universally agreed that being as fat as someone like Michelle McManus for instance is totally unnecassary, especially as she is setting a very bad example.
Put the warning on the food, allow McD/KFC/BK etc to advertise on TV but the very next advert should be a counter showing the effects, and educate in school.
Then let people decide from themselves...
They won't though. In Britain there is a culture that you will eat what is put in front of you. If a supersize portion of chips was put in front of someone they'd eat them, even if they weren't hungry.
Same with the regular size, most people won't eat more than one packet.
Bopz
Oh, and Aladdin, how do you intend to work this VAT scheme? VAT is already charged in restaurants and cafes, so it couldn't be added there. It would have to be added at the supermarket, and many convenience foods are already deemed to be a "luxury" anyway. What VAT would be added to would be things like fish fingers, cans of beans, frying oil, and that would unfairly penalise those on low budgets even more than now- people on low budgets buy poor food because it is cheaper than fresh fruit and vegetables.
The problem is not that people buy poor food out of choice, they buy it out of necessity. A medium-sized florette of broccoli costs the same as three cans of Value beans, and the beans will go three times as far. A bag of Value chips costs less than a small bag of Value potatoes, and goes just as far. People will eat healthily if it is a cost-effective option, but it is not.
People still smoke, don't they...
But I don't think that people know precisely what effect it has. The recent anti-smoking camapign showing the clogged artery and the crap that can be sqeezed out was very good. Fatty food has exactly the same effect, so perhaps we need to show people the bare facts rather than cosying it up to make it palatable...
I quite agree. But one must remember that doctors are the biggest set of smug self-satisfied tossers the world has even known- if you don't agree with one, it is because you are stupid.
I doubt few mothers are happy at having to feed their children rubbish because it is all that can be afford. I doubt few mothers are happy at their kids never going out and playing football because he's stuck inside doing his 17 hours of homework a night. If people exercised more then people wouldn't be fat, but we have become a sedentary people.
If children were only allowed to walk to school then childhood obesity would stop being a problem, but the hysteria whipped up about paedophilia in particular has meant that parents are too scared to let their children do this, and the spread of working life to both parents means that a parent no longer has time to escort the child.
There isn't a smoker in the land who doesn't know what the risks are, but they keep on smoking anyway. The fatty deposit advert won awards, but few people have stopped smoking because of it.
Putting bigger warnings hasn't seen sales plummet, nor has banning advertising.
What people have difficulting grasping is that people KNOW THE RISKS, but choose to ignore them.
You know I would love to quote that in a meeting one day...
Agree that exercise is the important part, and of course for several generations now playing fields have been sold off and developed...
Sorry, that was meant in agreement with Jim, not as an argument...
But many have been encouraged to try... from what I have seen locally there have been more attendees at GPs for assistance...
and the risks are highlighted at every opportunity, which is all that I suggest for foods too. Have you seen the McD leaflet which explains how their food is good for you?
Point is that the warnings on packets and the huge anti-smoking advertising is what informs people that smoking is bad. We don't do that with food and yet the implication of that [on ths NHS] are actually higher than smoking is...
I do. It's hard enough having to see one every six months, but having to WORK with one? It must be hell:p
I actually hadn't really thought of it like that. I suppose the warnings are ineffective as prevention but they do keep the issue in the public eye.
Warnings on a Big Mac box probably are the way to go...
Surely a case for the Advertising Standards Agency.
The odd fast food burger does not do any harm (or very little) of course... but the problem is that like others have pointed out there are people who eat at McDs or BK every day or several times a week anyway. Not good at all, and if dinner at home also happens to be unhealthy (chips every other night) and the kids supplement all that with chocolate bars and other candy, then the compound effect is a massive amount of saturated fat, sugars and salt content.
Your doctor must be self-satisfied tosser in the first place to have an attitude like that. My dad isn't like that.