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    Posted: 17 December 2010 at 12:52am
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Really?  Who is forcing parents to take their kids to McDonald's to fatten them up on greasy fast food just for a plastic trinket-toy?  Where is the personal responsibility?  Why does somebody have to file such a lawsuit in the first place?  I could maybe see it if McDonald's was going door to door dropping off happy meals at your doorstep for free, but c'mon now.
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Well who can blame her? Have you guys ever tried to find kids toys outside of a fast food place? It's nearly impossible.
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Originally posted by choopie911 choopie911 wrote:

Well who can blame her? Have you guys ever tried to find kids toys outside of a fast food place? It's nearly impossible.
Again, your flawless logic overwhelms me.  I would never have thought of that.
 
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If your kid is fat, its your own damn fault; either genetics or poor parenting.
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On a similar note, I'd love to see mandatory after school sports, at least a couple days a week, for kids through high school.  Sure it costs quite a bit, but you're going to pay for it eventually when the kids become fat money sucking health problems.


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Originally posted by ArthurBignose ArthurBignose wrote:

On a similar note, I'd love to see mandatory after school sports, at least a couple days a week, for kids through high school.  Sure it costs quite a bit, but you're going to pay for it eventually when the kids become fat money sucking health problems.
We used to call this PE. Had it every day. And what ever happened to the "Presidents Fitness Program" or whatever it was called? I remember having to do situps, chin ups and run a mile in a certain amount of time to pass. IIRC, if you failed it you had to retake it. I also find it sad that Band and Cheerleading now count towards Phys Ed credits nowadays.
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Something something nanny state.  Something something slippery slope.  
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Is it just me, or is this kid now like the poster child for fatties?

 
 
I swear to god that pic is recycled in every fat kid article I read.
 
Woman's an idiot, lawsuit is ridiculous, pretty much sums it up for me. Your kids are fat because you stopped in the drive thru, ordered up your god damn happy meals (and probably a McRib for yourself), and shoved it down their fat little throats until they looked Rosie O'Donnell's pug.
 
But hey, personal responsibility is kind of outdated. It's not my fault, it's my kids' fault for wanting the food. But really, it's the food company's fault for MAKING THEIR PRODUCT APPEALING. Because marketing to a demographic is completely unethical.
 
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Originally posted by oldpbnoob oldpbnoob wrote:

Originally posted by ArthurBignose ArthurBignose wrote:

On a similar note, I'd love to see mandatory after school sports, at least a couple days a week, for kids through high school.  Sure it costs quite a bit, but you're going to pay for it eventually when the kids become fat money sucking health problems.
We used to call this PE. Had it every day. And what ever happened to the "Presidents Fitness Program" or whatever it was called? I remember having to do situps, chin ups and run a mile in a certain amount of time to pass. IIRC, if you failed it you had to retake it. I also find it sad that Band and Cheerleading now count towards Phys Ed credits nowadays.

 They still have the president's fitness thing, but you don't have to pass it (at least where my brother is in school). 


We had PE every year up until high school.  In high school you spent one semester in PE, once a week, with half the classes being sex ed. 

At my university, you're required to take 2 PE classes to graduate.  The basic one requires you to run 1.5 miles under 14:21, do 77 crunches in 120 seconds with no rest and bench, lat pulldown, leg press a certain weight based on your body weight.  Not too hard but still requires students to be in somewhat decent shape.


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Originally posted by stratoaxe stratoaxe wrote:

 But really, it's the food company's fault for MAKING THEIR PRODUCT APPEALING.

While I don't agree with the lawsuit, and I think your children are your own responsibility, one can argue that McDonald's is marketing a potentially dangerous product to children. 

Now, the way this lawsuit is going about it is a little crazy, but the point can still be made. 
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I guess on a technical level I see your point, and you're right. But I think it's an observation that can be made about every edible item in existence. Candy, cereal, soda, hell even bread is bad for if it's not balanced. Happy Meals are supposed to be a treat for a kid, in the same way sodas are. The problem is that Americans have this false sense of being rushed all the time, and so they do notoriously unhealthy things under the guise of convenience.

My mom NEVER stocked sodas in the house when I was a kid. It was something you got with a burger, or if you were on a long trip. But now, my nieces and nephews freak when they hit the last soda in the box. Hello future blood sugar problems and cavities.

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Ima sum up my thoughts since its already been said:
 
Nobody put a gun to your head and forced you/your family to go to Mc Donalds and get their food. You made a decision to take them there. You could have avoided it. It's not their (Mc Donalds) falt you/your family is fat slobs. Get over yourself.
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Originally posted by stratoaxe stratoaxe wrote:

I guess on a technical level I see your point, and you're right.  

It's all technical at this level. 

Because, when it comes down to it, as people say, it's your choice to bring your kid there or not. 

But, the technical things make it tricky. For one, it's advertised extremely heavy to appeal to children. Same thing when the government brought down the hammer on cigarette companies for using The Flintstones to advertise their new smokes. The law frowns upon using children to market a dangerous substance. 

Now, once you have that down, can one prove that the fat and sugar levels in a Happy Meal are dangerous to children? 

I don't really know.

But, like you said, it's all about the technicalities. 
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Does anyone even see ads for Happy Meals anymore? I only see ads for whatever new deal they are running (i.e. McRib, Monopoly, etc.).

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Originally posted by jerseypaint jerseypaint wrote:

Does anyone even see ads for Happy Meals anymore? I only see ads for whatever new deal they are running (i.e. McRib, Monopoly, etc.).

Do you watch a lot of children's television? 
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Originally posted by jerseypaint jerseypaint wrote:

Does anyone even see ads for Happy Meals anymore? I only see ads for whatever new deal they are running (i.e. McRib, Monopoly, etc.).

Do you watch a lot of children's television? 

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Originally posted by agentwhale007 agentwhale007 wrote:

Originally posted by jerseypaint jerseypaint wrote:

Does anyone even see ads for Happy Meals anymore? I only see ads for whatever new deal they are running (i.e. McRib, Monopoly, etc.).

Do you watch a lot of children's television? 
I do and I really don't notice that many McDonalds commercials aimed at kids. Maybe I have just gotten used to seeing them and don't notice. I do notice the stupid McRib commercials flooding the airwaves these days.
 
If you want to go the "dangerous product" route, you'll need to take into consideration that McD's does offer more healthy choices. You can sub apples slices for french fries, and lowfat milk for soda. I would imagine a 4nugget meal with apples and milk isn't much worse for you than the standard school lunch. Now if you are talking the Big Kids Meal with fries and a soda, yeah it's terrible for you. But it comes back to the parents.  Learn to say no to your kids.  I didn't watch the video, but would make a probably true assumption that the mother is a fat cow as well. And how often do you have to eat at McDonalds to let your kid get that fat? We eat at McD's MAYBE once a week. I let my kids eat whatever the hell they want, because between dance class, soccer, cheer class, basketball, cross country and general running around like a pack of monkeys, I know that they will easily burn off any excess calories they get from one freakin Happy Meal. Turn the tv off, sell the xbox and tell the kid to get the hell off his butt and do something. Problem is, the parents are probably sitting on the couch next to him downing a bag of Doritos and chugging on a 2 liter of Mountain Dew.
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Originally posted by oldpbnoob oldpbnoob wrote:

Originally posted by agentwhale007 agentwhale007 wrote:

Originally posted by jerseypaint jerseypaint wrote:

Does anyone even see ads for Happy Meals anymore? I only see ads for whatever new deal they are running (i.e. McRib, Monopoly, etc.).

Do you watch a lot of children's television? 
I do and I really don't notice that many McDonalds commercials aimed at kids. Maybe I have just gotten used to seeing them and don't notice. I do notice the stupid McRib commercials flooding the airwaves these days.
 
If you want to go the "dangerous product" route, you'll need to take into consideration that McD's does offer more healthy choices. You can sub apples slices for french fries, and lowfat milk for soda. I would imagine a 4nugget meal with apples and milk isn't much worse for you than the standard school lunch. Now if you are talking the Big Kids Meal with fries and a soda, yeah it's terrible for you. But it comes back to the parents.  Learn to say no to your kids.  I didn't watch the video, but would make a probably true assumption that the mother is a fat cow as well. And how often do you have to eat at McDonalds to let your kid get that fat? We eat at McD's MAYBE once a week. I let my kids eat whatever the hell they want, because between dance class, soccer, cheer class, basketball, cross country and general running around like a pack of monkeys, I know that they will easily burn off any excess calories they get from one freakin Happy Meal. Turn the tv off, sell the xbox and tell the kid to get the hell off his butt and do something. Problem is, the parents are probably sitting on the couch next to him downing a bag of Doritos and chugging on a 2 liter of Mountain Dew.
 
Agreed. parents need to learn to say no and lead by example.
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Originally posted by oldpbnoob oldpbnoob wrote:

Originally posted by ArthurBignose ArthurBignose wrote:

On a similar note, I'd love to see mandatory after school sports, at least a couple days a week, for kids through high school.  Sure it costs quite a bit, but you're going to pay for it eventually when the kids become fat money sucking health problems.
We used to call this PE. Had it every day. And what ever happened to the "Presidents Fitness Program" or whatever it was called? I remember having to do situps, chin ups and run a mile in a certain amount of time to pass. IIRC, if you failed it you had to retake it. I also find it sad that Band and Cheerleading now count towards Phys Ed credits nowadays.

To be fair, I was in band and we ran did sit-ups, push-ups, etc. Then on top of it we would march 4-5 miles, which is more than we ever did in PE.
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