A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated part of a highly publicized obesity suit against McDonald's Corp. The case accuses the fast food giant of using false advertising to lure children into an unhealthy diet.
The case was previously dismissed when the judge stated that the plaintiffs had failed to prove a link between eating McDonald's products and their injuries.
McDonald's has told the press "We are confident this frivolous suit will once again be dismissed".
then the Dominoe's near my barracks will be hearing from my lawyer... I'd probably have a much better six-pack if it wasn't for their misleading advertisements of their pizzas and chicken "kickers". Not to mention, I'd have a lot more money.
shouldn't have been allowed to breed. We can find a better home for the kid, and let the parent become a casualty of Darwinism.
If on the other hand, the parent is smart enough to know McDonald's isn't the main part of a healthy diet, and is still pushing this frivolous lawsuit, they should be charged with child abuse and neglect and the child should still be given a better home.
Whether stupid or unethical, people abuse the crap out of the legal system, and need to be stopped. They drive up taxes and cause stupid laws to be created that limit the rights of American citizens and companies.
I think this case is being handled by the same legal team who successfully took on the tobacco industry ... so it could go either way I suppose who knows ...
My 5 year old bugs the crap out of me to go to MD's every time he sees the golden M but he never eats his happy meal ...he's just after the toy and a want's to play on the slides etc ...
MD's are the obvious target for this sort of action theres a good book out there called "Fast Food Nation" I read it a while back ...if you're into this sort of thing I suggest you pick up a copy it's worth a look at least :-)
You see, I am such a fat lazy bastard with no morals-- this is the perfect way for me to get money from McDonald's so I can afford to buy more Big Mac combos.
Maybe if the fat, lazy parents of the fat, lazy kids got of their fat, lazy, super-sized butts and actually prepared healthy, nutritious meals for these kids there would be no lawsuit. When my son was growing up, McDonalds was a treat, not a way of life. Welcome to America! Become a fat, lazy, worthless pig and sue everyone in your wake for your own stupidity. When these idiots win they can start eating at Hardees and hit them up for some money. I am an x-ray tech in a local hospital and too many times I go to the ER to pick up a child for x-ray only to find the porker won’t even fit in the wheelchair. Then there is mom and dad weighing in at a good 400 plus pounds. I think the courts are pointing their fingers in the wrong direction here.
to the use of the word "food" in "fast food" when talking about McDonalds or any of these other places.. there's nothing in them that's remotely food... my 4yr olds routinely want to stop there for dinner and lunch, and it's because their mother in her laziness would bring them there instead of making something at home (how it's easier to drive 20 min each way rather than make a PBJ sandwich I'll never know..)
in about fifteen years my kid is going to be suing ME for not taking him to eat at mcdonalds, and suing mcdonalds for the emotional trauma he suffered every time he was subjected to one of their tempting commercials with no way of actually getting any of their food.
i'm taking donations to set up his future therapy-bill fund starting now.
The McDeal shouldn't be cheaper than the salad. Fries should be interchangable for free to a baked potato, salad or apple slices. They should have more fruit available, or fruit bars and the such. Not sugar water. The OJ is good but more juice is needed not fruitopia which is ok if you are a hummingbird.
Eating healthy at Mickey Dees is possible. For women under 150 lbs the happy meal with juice is apropriate serving according to my mother inlaws Womans world mags. ( no toy is cheaper , water is free with any purchase)
Infact, other than that pulpless OJ (loves my pulp), not that Minute Maid Orange Drink (Flat orange pop) is the only drink worth getting there. The Sugar water with the straw is the worst for you followed by the big mac secret sauce (thousand island dressing). The sauce and mayo are made from eggs and it (depending if they really slop it on) can be more fat than the rest of the burger.
I would recommend that they show the food equally (healty and fatty) and aim the advertizing towards "Come to McDonalds" not "5 Big Macs for $5" (which they did). When I saw the " 5 Big Macs for $5 " in the US it did swing me from "McD's isn't responcible at all" to "They need some restraints". That went to far. It is for there own good anyway.
take these lawyers that brought this suit out back and shoot them in the head. Sick of these shitbags clogging up our system with their attempts to get rich quick.
Obviously fat people are fat because...the corporations want them to be. Now, don't get me wrong, corporations want you to consume. But it isn't the corporation's fault that you DID consume. Exercise some self-consciousness and make a choice. Don't eat so much fast food, you won't be fat. It's not like their commercials say "Eat our food and get thinner." No, the commercials just say "Eat our food." After that, ball's in your court.
I really want to meet these people. Partially because I want to tell them that they're idiots, and partially because I wonder how fat they really are. Heh, that wasn't inappropriate at all...
I was lucky to get to see this great documentary on the airplane flying back from the USA after a two-week vacation. I gained about 5 pounds, at least while there. Typical tourist that I was, I ate anything I wanted and a lot of it. Seeing the film directly after this trip really set me straight on how terrible the stuff is.
There is a part about a guy who would drink up to 17 two-liters of soda in one day. Obviously he was as big as a house and had to have his stomach reduced (great surgery footage that grosssed out the guy in the seat next to me).
The film produces evidence that fast-food (McDonald's specifically) is addicting. Worth watching, folks.
