Hi, Guest
Ken, I'm personally quite happy (as inconsequential as that may be) that you're that involved in your kids' health.
Steve, I don't fault them (McDs) for being in business, any more than I would any other company on the whole. While their ad campaign is a great start towards promoting a true "healthy living" lifestyle, they have a long way to go to clean themselves up and appear proactive about health.
Remember, Subway did wonders for themselves with that Jared guy's diet. Others attempted to draw themselves up as a parallel... that's a good thing.
But when the fattiest foods with the most sodium and cholesterol are the cheapest, the weak-willed will always make the worst choices.
I'll go on the record right now and say that the biggest slice of evil in the corruption pie belongs to the parents. A drastically-increasing number of parents are showing a LOT of apathy towards what their kids eat. The kids are reflecting that apathy, and it gets worse every day.
I'm not saying completely restrict the sales of fatty food, I'm saying that there ought to be a warning threshold where the fat content of the food (especially saturated and trans fats) exceeds a scientifically-agreed upon percentage (25? 30%?).
That, or move the caloric and nutritional content label to the FRONT of packaging, and not have it on the rear where only the educated and concerned care to look before purchasing. I've also noticed a bit of an ad campaign a little while back informing folks to check the content of their food. It's good, but more should be done.
Also, fast food joints should have to display their contents on a placard next to the cash registers. And if they bitch, have the "bigger", sit down restaurants do it as well. Some semi-sitdowns, like Swiss Chalet for example, already do this on their website. Again, more could be done.
If we can't have them change what they sell or the makeup of what they sell, they ought to make enough information publicly-available at the point of sale for the general public to make an informed decision.
Steve, I don't fault them (McDs) for being in business, any more than I would any other company on the whole. While their ad campaign is a great start towards promoting a true "healthy living" lifestyle, they have a long way to go to clean themselves up and appear proactive about health.
Remember, Subway did wonders for themselves with that Jared guy's diet. Others attempted to draw themselves up as a parallel... that's a good thing.
But when the fattiest foods with the most sodium and cholesterol are the cheapest, the weak-willed will always make the worst choices.
I'll go on the record right now and say that the biggest slice of evil in the corruption pie belongs to the parents. A drastically-increasing number of parents are showing a LOT of apathy towards what their kids eat. The kids are reflecting that apathy, and it gets worse every day.
I'm not saying completely restrict the sales of fatty food, I'm saying that there ought to be a warning threshold where the fat content of the food (especially saturated and trans fats) exceeds a scientifically-agreed upon percentage (25? 30%?).
That, or move the caloric and nutritional content label to the FRONT of packaging, and not have it on the rear where only the educated and concerned care to look before purchasing. I've also noticed a bit of an ad campaign a little while back informing folks to check the content of their food. It's good, but more should be done.
Also, fast food joints should have to display their contents on a placard next to the cash registers. And if they bitch, have the "bigger", sit down restaurants do it as well. Some semi-sitdowns, like Swiss Chalet for example, already do this on their website. Again, more could be done.
If we can't have them change what they sell or the makeup of what they sell, they ought to make enough information publicly-available at the point of sale for the general public to make an informed decision.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.