Ban fast food??

Question

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that is dumb to me. why ban it? those people got fat on their own...you dont want to get obese then why are you eating there everyday...i eat fast food but i am not obese. you have to know self control and eat healthy also and exercise and not eat fast food every meal of everyday. a ban is not the answer. it is unfair to those who arent stupid and blaming resturants for their weight which they werent forced to eat in the first place...what do you think?

Answer 1

A ban on fast food is definitely not the answer that we as a nation need to look for.  What we need to be looking for is a way to help make fast food healthier for our citizens of this country.  Plus, fast food is not meant to be eaten every SINGLE day.  It is meant to be something fast in a time of need, not a fast dinner every single night of the week.  

I would have to agree with your point that they got fat on their own, which is true.  They did get fat on their own.  Nobody helped them do that to themselves.  They were the ones who ate the food themselves and decided not to exercise afterwords.  

Again, fast food should not be banned because it isn't the resturants' fault.  People don't have to go there.  They can eat almost anything anywhere, so you don't need to ban it.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

yeah i tottaly agrea

i eat fast food but i don't eat it like a pig.

i don't eat it everyday and even if i do i do exercise..like walking and even going to the beach to swim...

1 meal is good for me but i'm seen people eat 10 and they still were hungry

it's they're falt...they're not forced to eat so much.. and after they do they walk on crying about they're weight and say it's the resturants falt...if it's going to get band somewhere neer me i'm gonna go on strike and i'm shore i wont be the only one

Answer 3

They should try prohabition laws once again before they ban greasy burgers.

BTW- People who get themselves to a high weight are not stupid. Weight gain has nothing to do with intelligence. I have been both heavy and thin.

Answer 4

leave fast food alone calm done

Answer 5

To ban fast food establishments is ridiculous, in my opinion.  I don't want my city council to "ban" new restaurants from my area just because they believe fast food might make me fat.

In my past, I ate fast food every day, sometimes twice a day, and I never got fat.   I did start to gain weight when I stopped eating fast food.  Go figure!

One of the things I like to mention is how is a burger cooked by McDonald's different from the burger that I cook at home?  It's all US FDA approved beef.

I think that individuals, and not governments, should take responsibility for their diet and exercise habits.  Plain and simple.

Answer 6

People should be responsible for themselves

& no i dont think they should bann it

Answer 7

I concur that fast food ought not to be banned, as adults have the right to eat (or not eat) whatever they want to.

Answer 8

i don't think they should ban it, but they should put restrictions on it making the food more healthier.

Answer 9

This is just another way they are trying to control us.  Just like dropping the speed limit to 55 to save gas???? yeah right....  Its a control issue.  If I want to eat fast food and get fat then thats my choice.

Answer 10

i absolutely agree with you. it all boils down to this: people can't responsibility for their own faults. they don't have much money, so they order off the dollar menu (which is mostly fried foods), they don't have enough time so they have to go through the drive-thru, the kids want mcdonalds, therefore the parents have to eat mcdonalds. WAKE UP PEOPLE! no one forces you to do anything! take responsibility for yourselves! do you want you kids to act the way you do?

Answer 11

Its another thing to blame obesity on. We all love junk food, but eat it in moderation. I think its stupid, we all have our own minds. A little bit of what you fancy does you good.

Answer 12

i think its all in the advertising and yes in a way people are responsible for their own.But foods a lot harder than being an alcoholic they can just quit with food you have to have it to survive.SO,i dont entirely agree.

My sister has fought an eating battle for yrs.(anorexia and bullemia)so i know its in the mind....because my parents have spent 100,000

at least to help her.She still isnt well.So,i think she would chose to be well if she could.shes 5'7 and maybe 89 pounds.So,i can see how it would go the other way...

They do so much advertising also and i just took a 14 hour trip.I can tell you at every town entrance there are the same fast food chains.(wendys,mcdonalds,arbys)so why can there not be salad r us or something healthy?Ive heard people go into the salad sensation place and its 14 dollars by the time they add what they want on top.When you can go to arbys and get five roast beef for five bucks....now if you are trying to save money what do you do?

They banned cigeratte ads so why not food???

Answer 13

h**l of a question....that is so ridiculous!

we are now in the days where people blame others for EVERYTHING....c'mon blaming a fast food joint because you got fat for paying and eating there on your own free will? i can't even say n e thing else i am pissed.........j/k

Answer 14

I agree with you on everything you said. Banning fast food is stupid. If they think it's so unhealthy, then they don't have to go there. But there are other people who DO like to eat fast food and don't blame the places for their decisions. Besides, no one holds a gun to anyone's head and tells them to go there, they choose to. So why do they want to ban it? And what we put in our body has no effect on them, so I don't know why they care. Not that I think complaining about it will necessarily change anything, but I just thought I'd give my $0.02.

Answer 15

THIS MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET FAT ON THE TONS OF HEALTHY FOODS THEY SCARF DOWN.  IT'S LESS ABOUT WHAT YOU EAT THAN USING PORTION CONTROL.

AND JUST PLAIN CONTROL!

Answer 16

fat people will be fat whether mcdonald's is available or not.

how about banning kitchens in homes and making people go to a state-run cafeteria for all meals so their food can be controlled so they won't be fat.

Answer 17

i think they should try make it healthier....

ban all the really c**p food, that is just fat, sugar, salt, and chemicals - that is not in anyway good for you, so there is no point in actually eating it.

or people should realise that junk food is okay but only on rare occasions

Answer 18

just think of all the fat kids who have to eat it all the time because their parents are to lazy to show them how to eat a balanced meal and to lazy to cook anything.

some people do eat it all the time. it tastes good beause off all the unnatural things that are added to it, making it a drug.

if they can't ban it, customers should have to sign a waiver becuase the amount of people pointing their fat fingers at teh fast food places for their weight problems is skyrocketing. the wavier would protect the nasty resturants from the people who are to dumb to eat anhything else

Answer 19

This is stupid. Why are people trying to ban the things that bring in the most money to America (Fast Food and Tobacco). What are people supposed to get when money or time is short? The unemployment rate is already high and will only get higher if we ban fast food restaurants. I know that working at a fast food joint isn't the greatest job to have but it's still a place for the unemployed to get a job.

Also if someone really wanted a McDonald's cheeseburger I'm pretty sure that they would just go to the local store, buy the ingredients, and make it themselves. Drugs have been illegal since the beginning of time and yet people still manage to get a hold of them.

Answer 20

if they banned fast food, they should ban ALL food that is bad for you. including regular foods that contain chemicals and additives to make you want it.. like an addiction. the FDA is to blame for people being fat--they let companies put horrible things in food to make you sick, so you go to the doctor and have to buy drugs.. then you get relief for so long and need something different and it goes on and on continually.. allowing you to support them all... you end up eating more because of the additives--especially hydrogenated oil aka soybean oil aka anything partially hydrogenated AND high fructose corn syrup.. so u end up getting fatter because of it.