Comments on: Happy Meal lawsuit, cont’d

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:45:07 +0000

Frank above asserts that the relationships between calories in, calories burned and excess weight are obvious. They were to me when I was young. Then I found that 80% of calories consumed by mammals are used to regulate body temperature. That makes the mechanical work done by the body the tail on the dog. Sandy Szwarc at http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/ has done great work on obeseity. She separates self-serving PR from data very well.

By: Moonbattery

Moonbattery — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:33:19 +0000

Anti-Happy Meal Crusader Monet Parham Is Government Bureaucrat…

Here’s a remarkable coincidence the establishment media appears not to have noticed: While countless media outlets continue to herald a ‘mother of two children’ who jointly filed a class-action lawsuit against McDonald’s intended to force a nationw…

By: REST OF THE STORY: Anti-Happy Meal ‘Mom’ Is Also a Big Gov’t Bureaucrat |

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:15:41 +0000

[…] Overlawyered.com’s Walter Olsen writes in the NY Daily News that Parham is anything buy a “random (if oddly well-informed) California mom,” as reporters interviewing her insist. He and fellow blogger Ira Stoll reveal that Parham “works on a federally funded program that campaigns to exhort people to eat their vegetables and that sort of thing.” […]

By: Beagles

Beagles — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:53:12 +0000

McDonald’s needs to sue CSPI. They can do it on two fronts. One, malicious suit filing, and/or defemation as they have no proof of their claims. Two, fraud. They can use CSPI’s own arguments against them. Just as “McDonald’s” lures children into their stores, and a lifetime of obeseity with toys, CPSI lures the media others with their instituions name. Anyone not doing their homework assumes they have conducted scientific research when they haven’t.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:38:55 +0000

In my state, the state has enacted all sorts of debtor protection laws that make it difficult for creditors to collect on money owed. Not impossible, but there are quite a few hoops they must jump though to get a court to enforce a contract. On the other hand, there are draconian penalties and enforcement procedures for things like traffic tickets and parking tickets. I was reminded of this double standard when I was reading about what the SF public schools serve.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:26:07 +0000

The bashan Luik article reads well – until we get to “And multiple studies have failed to find a link in children between physical activity levels, food intake and obesity.”

So, unlike in mature human beings (and animals), there is no link between calories taken in, calories burned and excess weight?

The article goes on to say near the conclusion that ‘100 years ago todays penchant for thin children would have been seen as child abuse’ (paraphrased).

The authors perhaps should be aware that 100 years ago ‘health’ tobacco cigarettes were advertised and recommended for small children suffering from respiratory ailments.

By: McDonald’s sued over Happy Meals

McDonald’s sued over Happy Meals — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:57:21 +0000

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