Comments on: Cheeseburger Bill

By: » Gone Hollywood

» Gone Hollywood — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

The Government’s Food Pyramid Scheme Government Overstated Obesity Danger Obesity Could Reduce U.S. Life Expectancy Obesity Deemed an Illness You Are What You Eat War on Fat The Afflictions of AffluenceCheeseburger Bill FAT NURSES OBESITY A DISEASE, II IS OBESITY A DISEASE? THE BLAME GAME GREAT HEALTH NEWS [IMG] [IMG]

By: Kevin Drum

Kevin Drum — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

The cigarette comparison is an obvious one, and I see the point. On the other hand, juries only started handing out awards after documents started being made public that showed clear deceit on the part of tobacco companies about the dangers of their products.

As far as I know (?), fast food companies have never done anything similar. On the other hand, who knows what memos are lurking in their corporate files?

By: Rodney Dill

Rodney Dill — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

It's a shame a bill is even needed in the first place. No one wants to take any personal responsibility. As usual, though, I can see multiple sides to an argument. I can envision fast food restaurant responsibility if the food they prepare if grossly more fat than comparably prepared food prepared in one's home. As an example you would have to compare deep fried french fries at a restaurant to deep fried ones at home, not oven fries. Some chains would still probably fail to pass this test.

By: akim

akim — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Could it be that junk-food may not be the main culprit in american obesity problem? Could it be that the whole of the food industry, most notably of the "common supermarket" variety, is actually at the root of all the metabolic monstrification?

Could it be that the media are once again going after the sitting duck because the deeper issue is too big to tackle?

Let's wait another ten years for that part surface.

By: Backcountry Conservative

Backcountry Conservative — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

BK Sued over Hot Sandwich
WSPA reports: A Greenville man wants a whopper-sized bite of cash from Burger King Corporation, after he says a chicken sandwich he bought at a Cherokee County Burger King scalded his mouth. Frank Chancellor's suit claims Burger King should give...

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