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snazzy777
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What do you think about the problem of obesity in America? For me, I think it is so messed up how people keep eating and eating and eating without any form of exercise. I really don't like it when obese people say they want to diet, but then go to McDonalds and order a Large BigMac meal and a diet coke because they are on a diet . . .It just aggravates me how they feel like victims, when in fact they are the ones hurting themselves.

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Ernie15
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I have never seen a commercial about vegtables so that is another thing.


Remember that most people who eat vegetables aren't the same obese people who eat tons of fast food. Even if the fatties saw the veggie commercials, they wouldn't go to the trouble to go all the way to the grocery store (which is more expensive than Mickey D's) to buy it.

And if you bring a fatty to a grocery store, he's gonna see something he likes, put it in his cart, and repeat the process. So if you think about it, advertising vegetables is almost as dangerous.
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Cause of commercials. If their were vegtable commercials I think that there might be less obesity in america. Mc donalds doesn't help them either.

I see all the time Mcdonalds commercials basically telling kids to go eat at mcdonalds and that factors their heatlth as well.

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And if you bring a fatty to a grocery store, he's gonna see something he likes, put it in his cart, and repeat the process. So if you think about it, advertising vegetables is almost as dangerous.


well it is certainly healthier to eat a ton of veggies than fries and big macs.
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Yeah I totally agree, I mean some vegtables taste actually good and some fruits do to so if kids new that it would help alot.

Ernie15
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well it is certainly healthier to eat a ton of veggies than fries and big macs.


That wasn't quite my point.

And if you bring a fatty to a grocery store, he's gonna see something he likes, put it in his cart, and repeat the process.


Eating a Big Mac every day, or eating three huge bags of potato chips and who knows what else every day. Which would you say is healthier?
turret
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To be honest I think they would have the same toll on your body.

donpiet
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Eating a Big Mac every day, or eating three huge bags of potato chips and who knows what else every day. Which would you say is healthier?


well ill be with the big mac.

That wasn't quite my point.


hmm, i thought gorcery stores where the ones where you have only fruits and vegetables.
i think i was mistaken.
sorry for the confusion
turret
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Shepherd

They do have fruits and vegies and a lot of other stuff (here is were the parents come in agian), if a kid wants a bag of potatoe chips then they just have to say no.

FryLock19
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I don't trust the BMI either. I'm 5'10",173,and it says that I'm "obese" when I'm obviously not.

Ernie15
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potatoe chips


Wow! Dan Quayle! Can I have your autograph?

if a kid wants a bag of potatoe chips then they just have to say no.


It's usually the parents who end up buying the chips for themselves and becoming obese, not the kids.
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And I do not eat at fast-food resturants just because of commercials. I eat there because the food is good. My favorites are In 'N Out,Wendys,Carls Jr. (Hardees for you Easterners) and Rubios. They don't have any In 'N Outs or Rubios outside of Vegas,so too bad a lot of you guys are missing out.

Ernie15
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They don't have any In 'N Outs or Rubios outside of Vegas,so too bad a lot of you guys are missing out.


What? No, in California, there's an In 'N' Out every few miles. You live here, so I'm surprised you haven't noticed that yet. As for Rubio's, they aren't common, but I know of two within 10 miles of where I live.
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So I guess the parents need to stop their eating problems befor the kids do.

FryLock19
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What? No, in California, there's an In 'N' Out every few miles.

I meant there is no Rubio's or In 'n Out EAST of Vegas. Now am I clear?
donpiet
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So I guess the parents need to stop their eating problems befor the kids do.


this is true.
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