EDITORIAL NONSENSICAL HABITS.AMERICA has become a nation of fatties, brought down by our love of that great fast-food tradition - cheeseburgers, fries and Cokes. Quite simply, a diet of fats and sweets isn't healthy. And while everyone has known that for eons, it hasn't stopped Americans from turning to another tradition - playing the lay-the-blame game. Already the lawsuits blaming fast-food companies for ``making'' people fat have started to appear. But hopefully the sensible legislation passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives should discourage frivolous you-made-me-fat lawsuits designed to punish fast-food companies for responding to an insatiable demand for junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food and to feed the insatiable need of trial lawyers to be rich. Though health officials are saying obesity is fast replacing nicotine as the nation's No. 1 cause of death, it doesn't mean that fast-food companies are to blame. There's evidence that tobacco companies made their product even more addictive than necessary to hook the American public, and covered up data that confirmed hazards linked to smoking. But there's no mystery to the content of french fries French fry n. A thin strip of potato fried in deep fat. Often used in the plural. and double bacon cheeseburgers. They are full of fat! Our mothers, our friends, our health teachers and diet gurus have been saying for years that fast foods are fat foods that will expand the waistline faster than you can say, ``Supersize supersize or supersized Adjective larger than standard size Verb [-sizes, -sizing, -sized] to increase the size of (something, such as a standard portion of food) me.'' What the ``cheeseburger bill'' is really about is saying ``enough'' to the blame game and enough to the class-action-lawsuit industry. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a the people take responsibility for the things they ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. in the face of known hazards. Every day individuals are faced with personal choices about what to eat, to wear, to buy. With few exceptions, everyone knows at some level the risk accepted, particularly in this information- saturated world. Want to complain about those sleazy slea·zy adj. slea·zi·er, slea·zi·est 1. a. Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry: "sleazy storefronts with torn industrial carpeting and dirt on the walls" politicians? Fine, get out and vote. Worried about children working in sweatshops in Asia? Fine, choose not to buy that new pair of low-rise jeans Low-rise jeans, worn by both men and women, are jeans intended to sit low on, or below, the hips. They are also called lowcut jeans, hipsters, hip-huggers and lowriders. Usually they sit at least three inches (7.6 centimetres) lower than the belly button. made in Thailand. Concerned about that growing gut? Stick to fruits and vegetables over french fries. It's that simple. It's time people stop the nonsense and take responsibility for their own choices. |
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