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I kind of disagree with this statement. Sure, you are in total control of your body, but I think the blame is partially on McDonalds (and other fast food restaurants) for false advertising. For example, I was watching a McDonald commercial, and they said children should eat their chicken nuggets because it's a healthy choice and it's 100% chicken... I thought, "Wow, a lot of people will probably buy into this."
You didn't buy into it so why do they? Are they incapable of independent thought and is ignorance ever an excuse?
You were smart enough to figure out that McDonalds nuggets may well be healthier than they were but still not ideal so why don't they? I figure everyone should make it their own responsibility to look after themselves. I think it's reasonable to expect everyone to have a basic level of understanding when it comes to what they eat.
As for false advertising it's pretty hard to prove either way if a food is healthy or not, each food has pro's and con's. I personally never believe any adverts claim and that tactic has worked pretty well for me so far
Most of the public are not educated in the finer details of health and dieting, like say, we are, and know BS when we see it.
Mcdonalds and the others know, in general and a large percentage, are health conscious, and they utilize this in there marketing schemes and hit the very ones that are not "necessarily" educated on the finer details or ones that misunderstand what they know. THIS SELLS.
This same type theory can be applied in a simular manner with exercise machines: FAST AND EASY SELLS--though they are all BS for the most part when they ADVERTISE: Get great ABS doing this machine or that machine, it will only take MINUTES (as an example), and then at the bottom they will have a small print about DIET (LOL). Most of the persons in the advertisement probably didnt even use the machine, and they DID NOT get the abs by using it, LOL.........
So much of our society has turned to blaming everyone else *BUT* themselves for their problems. Gimme a break.
It's not *false* advertising-- it's just advertising. The same way that Nature Valley advertises healthy granola bars chock full of crappy sugar. Same way that juice is labeled "all natural" but usually has added sugar.
Eating at McD's, then blaming McD's for getting fat is no different than eating only Weight-Watchers food then trying to sue them because you *didn't* lose weight.
People need to take personal responsibility-- that means educating yourself.
McDonald's is not a healthy option after working out. When you make all the effort to exercise and burn calories that you don't want, the last thing you need afterwards is to turn it all around by eating junk food. It's not a good option.
McDonald's is not a healthy option after working out. When you make all the effort to exercise and burn calories that you don't want, the last thing you need afterwards is to turn it all around by eating junk food. It's not a good option.
That really hits home when you consider - that for some people - an hour running on a treadmill will burn off about 1,000 calories.
But if you scarf down a Big Mac and large fries in 5 minutes - you've just eaten about 1,000 calories.
Wake up people, McDonalds don't make people fat; greedy lazy people make themselves fat, blaming the fast food industry is just passing the buck, there's no gun to your head when you shove that Big Mac down your throat.
Personal responsibility and common sense is the key here
my 18 year old brother is a perfect example of this. He eats fast food at a minimum of once a day, but he just isn't a big eater. He's 6 feet tall and 135 pounds. But he eats nothing but candy, chips, fast food, and other garbage, still he's skinny as hell.
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