Fast-food outlet expansion sparks alarm

**FJRider** · 15th February 2012, 14:21

Originally Posted by Zedder

What they do that as well? The thieving bastards!

and of course ACC levies ...

**Zedder** · 15th February 2012, 14:23

Originally Posted by FJRider

and of course ACC levies ...

Right, they've gone too far this time!!!!

**scissorhands** · 15th February 2012, 14:26

Knowing what is healthy is not difficult for anyone with half a brain.

**oneofsix** · 15th February 2012, 14:33

Originally Posted by Zedder

Me take the piss OO6? I'm deeply hurt.

Don't however confuse risk/benefit analysis with cost/benefit analysis. And yes Government do both.

well if you are going to talk maths then it is 1/6 as much as I enjoy the Bond movies.

I find it hard to believe the Government would have done a anything benefit analysis for the first or any fast food outlet. Remember the fish and chip shop, the Romans and Greeks had them back in year 1, even BC.

**scissorhands** · 15th February 2012, 14:33

Look what I just grew, yummy and super nutritious lady finger banana's

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**Paul in NZ** · 15th February 2012, 14:39

Originally Posted by oneofsix

Paul in NZ; I enjoy my body being totally rooted.

you didn't mean it that way.

Where you find these so call healthy takeaways?

What is defined as healthy? What's healthy for me stuck behind this frigging desk is not what is healthy for the guy burning 5k+ cals/day. The professions in the healthy eating related fields can't even agree on what is healthy, a couple of year ago, and even today, some would have us eating trans-fats in pref to natural fats.

A lot of indian and chinese food is Ok if eaten in moderation and even maccas wraps were ok too but honestly they only introduced them as a face saving marketing dealie - order one (I can't) and watch their genuine surprise.

Hey - any takeaway is OK in moderation but every day followed by a giant V.... erm no....

**Scuba_Steve** · 15th February 2012, 14:40

Originally Posted by scissorhands

Knowing what is healthy is not difficult for anyone with half a brain.

Yep your right (I will qualify with 'general rule')
If it's natural & don't make you sick/dead it's healthy
If it's man made it's unhealthy

Simple enough

**HenryDorsetCase** · 15th February 2012, 14:41

Originally Posted by scissorhands

Look what I just grew, yummy and super nutritious lady finger banana's

"lady finger" heh heh. sounds dirty.

**Tigadee** · 15th February 2012, 14:42

Originally Posted by oneofsix

And don't forget the pressure on the MPs from those caring cuddly Americans that own the "multi-national" fast food providers, their future positions at the UN etc could be jeopardised by considering any risks.

Now that you mentioend it, if fast-food was so cheap that the poor could afford it and was not unhealthy, how come the UN doesn't drop tonnes of Big Macs and fries on starving African countries?

**Scuba_Steve** · 15th February 2012, 14:43

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

"lady finger" heh heh. sounds dirty.

Na looks clean enough, & colour choice too

**Scuba_Steve** · 15th February 2012, 14:45

Originally Posted by Tigadee

Now that you mentioend it, if fast-food was so cheap that the poor could afford it and was not unhealthy, how come the UN doesn't drop tonnes of Big Macs and fries on starving African countries?

Simple, Keep profits up. Same reason the UN allows coke to sell water at a higher price than their flagship product coke to South Africans that have no other choice for water

**HenryDorsetCase** · 15th February 2012, 14:45

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

Yep your right (I will qualify with 'general rule')
If it's natural & don't make you sick/dead it's healthy
If it's man made it's unhealthy

Simple enough

in all seriousness if you want to read a good book about this sort of stuff, I cannot recommend Michael Pollan's

IN DEFENCE OF FOOD (buy it at the book depository: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Defe.../9781594133329

highly enough.

His protip: If it is something your grandmother recognised as food, its food, if not, not so much: he also coined the term "Food-like substance" I used above.

**Zedder** · 15th February 2012, 14:46

Originally Posted by Tigadee

Now that you mentioend it, if fast-food was so cheap that the poor could afford it and was not unhealthy, how come the UN doesn't drop tonnes of Big Macs and fries on starving African countries?

'Cos it would squash 'em.

**Zedder** · 15th February 2012, 14:52

Originally Posted by oneofsix

well if you are going to talk maths then it is 1/6 as much as I enjoy the Bond movies.

I find it hard to believe the Government would have done a anything benefit analysis for the first or any fast food outlet. Remember the fish and chip shop, the Romans and Greeks had them back in year 1, even BC.

Your cynicism only spurs me on OO6. Remember the Romans and Greeks didn't have a health system like ours or ACC etc therefore it behoves Government to get some things kinda right.