What responsibilty does corporate America Have with Obesity?

Rant

[luckodeirish]

Interesting..I visited Japan about one year ago with a Japanese friend of mine, and found it interesting that they don't serve rice with everything like they do in the US, found out that in Asian resturants here they give lots of rice cause they know that most Americans are interested in big portions.

[Dakmar]

Entities who hold no responsibility for your health include, corporations, the government, your next door neighbor, or the ice cream man.

I get it now, you work for the yogurt people, admit it. Why do you insist on smearing my neighbors and local ice-cream vendors by lumping them in with evil government agents, agencies, agendas, and international agrandizemental land grab grabbers?

[jiggyboy]

I'm a good-sized guy -- 2500 calories per day is about right for me -- and I have started to just order some appetizers at some restaurants. There are any number of studies out there that show that many meals at many restaurants and fast-food joints contain more calories than you need in a day and multiples (!) of the amount of sodium and/or fat you need in a day.

Or I just decide when I order the meal that I'm going to have half of it for lunch the next day and don't pressure myself to eat myself immobile.

Also note that the "standard" size itself has been increasing over the years. I just heard something on one of the morning shows that talked about how sodas, french fries, etc. keep getting bigger every couple of years.

Indeed, I eat as much as I can at home as well (or as lunches at work the next day). Trying to lose weight or even eat properly on restaurant food ain't gonna happen.

[jiggyboy]

(Calorie Trivia: Drink ice water instead of water at room temperature to burn a few more calories.)

[Billthedrill]

didn't your mom ever tell you about all the starving children in China?

My Mom told me it was starving children in Europe. All I can conclude from this is somebody's been moving those children around and it has to stop!!

So, ever try the old "then send it to them" ploy? Yeah, it didn't work on my Mom either...

[jiggyboy]

I presume that would mean no public health monies for those who contract STDs (including AIDS)...abortions except in cases of rape...hurt because they are addicted to exercise

Put me down with him in the "wouldn't it be nice" category. Private health insurance is the solution to these particular problems. Ideally, it would be *the* solution and I wouldn't see a paycheck deduction for Medicare, etc.

Maybe it's hard-hearted for me to say so, but when it comes right down to it, if it costs somebody a lot for health insurance, or he loses the insurance because he fouled up, that's morally not as bad as me being forced at gunpoint every other Friday (i.e., payroll taxes of one kind or (actually "and") another) to hand over my money to him and people like him for no personal benefit whatsoever.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Much smaller portions in Japan. American portions, generally speaking with exceptions, are way too much. This may even border on gluttony IMHO. I always kind of giggle when I see someone eat like a pig portion after portion and then waddle out to their car with a Christian sticker on it; people seem to forget that gluttony is also a sin, right up there with lust and lying.

When going through the US with Japanese guests, people's eyes bug out at how much they have on their plate at a Dennys or Shoneys. They invariably get a doggy bag and finish off in their hotel the next day what they can't eat there, and don't stuff themselves till there is no room left. Explains why people are so slimp and walk as fast a jackrabbits in Japan and other parts of Asia.

[AmericanInTokyo]

slim(p) [sic] jackrabbits, yessiree...

[keepvotin]

It's not the fat, it's the carbs that make you fat.

Exactly what I'm saying. I agree that each individual must take responsibility for what they eat, and for their health in general.

McDonalds makes the claim that the necessary info to make wise health decisions about their products is posted visibly in each restaurant, but they don't mention the steroids in the meat. Steroids given to the cattle to make them grow fat, fast. Which Clinton then eats in the form of a Big Mac or three.

But, one thing's for sure... Those fattys who are suing probably will crush under the pressure in the courtroom during the cross-examination.

"And please inform the jury how many times a week you excercise."

Heh!