Cultural hang-ups about food are making us fatter - Life & Style | Trends, Tips, News & Advice | The Irish Times - Wed, Oct 30, 2013: "Somewhere between the McLibel Trial and Morgan Spurlock’s Supersize Me, McDonald’s became a shorthand for all sorts of societal ills: obesity, bad parenting, food poverty, corporate greed. But while it’s always nice to have a billion dollar company to blame for our children’s expanding waistlines, our obesity crisis isn’t all about fast food.
Yes, it’s hard to make the case for fast food as a nutritious alternative to baby rice. McDonald’s fries contain 15 ingredients, including salt and sugar, which is sprayed on to make the colour look more appetising. Some chicken nuggets are about half muscle, with the rest a mixture of fat, blood vessels and nerves, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Medicine."
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Not Waist-ed, but McSized
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