# Ten years since Fast Food Nation **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 2, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793 "2013-01-02T02:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793/21 "2013-01-03T03:41:05Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > That’s an annoying posting style you have there, Blake. I personally dislike a bald “Wrong.” Especially when it’s [ignorant](https://www.google.com.au/search?oq=illegal+food&sugexp=chrome,mod=0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=illegal+food). > > I’ll find time to reply later. Sure you will.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793/22 "2013-01-03T05:02:15Z")
Public health measures do work. You can do fully-experimental evaluations on them (and this does happen) and determine fairly accurately how many years of healthy life your public health measure is saving. Obesity prevention is shown to be an excellent value. It’s not about individual morality, but about creating a healthy, happy, productive society. We do millions of things to keep Americans healthy, from food inspections to highway safety. Encouraging healthy eating habits and making it easy to make healthy choices is one of those things. Another thing I’ve been pleased about in recent years is the increasing availability of reasonable portion sizes. I very much like being able to have a bag of chips without having a meals worth of junk food in front of us. Our minds do crazy things, and portion size is a big way to prevent overeating. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793/23 "2013-01-03T09:46:44Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > Sure you will.:rolleyes: Would you rather that I didn’t? I’d be happy not to. It looks like a time waster. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793/24 "2013-01-03T10:06:37Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Another thing I’ve been pleased about in recent years is the increasing availability of reasonable portion sizes. I very much like being able to have a bag of chips without having a meals worth of junk food in front of us. Our minds do crazy things, and portion size is a big way to prevent overeating. I haven’t noticed any changes in chip bags, and it isn’t hard to imagine that smaller bags are meant to keep prices down more than out of concern for health. I read today that the people who get the chips in the bag and get the bag to you are more likely to require public support and are more likely to not be able to feed themselves than than other US workers. [The Hands That Feed Us - Food Chain Workers Alliance](http://foodchainworkers.org/?p=1973) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793/25 "2013-01-03T12:53:35Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > crime magnets, Crime magnets? Those pictures of people giving Ronald McD head are illegal, or what? ETA:[example](https://www.google.com/search?q=ronald+mcdonald+blowjob&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Yn_lUICoIpKI9gTS7oDgAg&biw=1024&bih=644&sei=aH_lUP_lF4m69gSD3ICQBQ#biv=i%7C2;d%7CwYcmbWzF0ulYxM:) ---
**Author:** ![Endopotential](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6de8d8/32.png) [@Endopotential](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Endopotential)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793/26 "2013-01-13T08:39:44Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > You’re told all the time what you can and cannot eat. > > And it really isn’t about telling people what they can’t eat. . I say let people eat whatever they want, and do whatever they want to their bodies. Just don’t expect society to pay for the eventual cost of their morbid obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. If we’re to succeed in controlling the spiralling costs of health care, people need to take more responsibility for their lifestyle choices. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-since-fast-food-nation/645793.md?page=1)