Obesity: Personal Responsibility or Blame Food Companies? :

Big food companies and fast food chains are constantly under attack from health advocates for their contribution to the growing waistlines and chronic disease of developed nations.

Much of the finger pointing is justifiable, given the ubiquity, proximity, convenience and low cost of the majority of food options available to us via big food/restaurant.

Should big food and fast food joints take responsibility for their part in the health crisis that is upon us ( such as a fat tax )? To what degree are they responsible?

Groups like the Center for Consumer Freedom counter with the personal responsibility card.

We are the ones who wear the robes and carry the gavel when it comes to what enters our mouths. Nobody is pointing a gun to our heads and demanding we down ½ pound burgers, a small bucket of fries and a pop big enough to dock a jet ski in.

So where do we draw that line between personal responsibility and responsible business practices?

Let me give it a shot...

No individual should be able to sue a restaurant/food company because they got fat eating their food. It seems anything not right with us nowadays is somebody else’s fault. To that I say God Bless the Cheeseburger Bill !

However…
Big food and fast food (especially those companies who are publicly traded) have to show profit every 90 days. This means one thing – sell more food… faster. These corporations MUST be legislated into changing their business practices and become accountable for the way they manufacture, market and sell their products.

Westernized nations didn’t just collectively become nutritionally irresponsible over the past 20 years!

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