Fast-food outlet expansion sparks alarm

[Buyasta]

Can't speak for all but I did , stay'd 69kgs the whole time too... That's not what the health crazies want to hear is it???

... Note to self: Moisten sense of humour before posting online.

[Deano]

No one is forcing the food down anyone's throat are they ?

Personal responsibility fail........again.

[oneofsix]

No one is forcing the food down anyone's throat are they ?

Personal responsibility fail........again.

aren't they? physically no, physiologically is open for debate but then again I guess if you avoid all media or going near a CBD ...

[oneofsix]

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.

Yeah theirs was rather different, more of a risk to the lions, and the gubberment doesn't want ours anymore. But it don't change the fact that fast food outlets have been around longer than Christians, who also served as fast food for the lions if some history lessons are to be believed.

[Zedder]

No one is forcing the food down anyone's throat are they ?

Personal responsibility fail........again.

No they aren't forcing, but they are using all the psychological weapons in their marketing arsenal (barring subliminal advertising) though.

[kiwifruit]

We've evolved to eat as much calorie rich food as we can when we find it / catch it etc. Who knows when the nek meal will be... it could be days or weeks away!

[Zedder]

Yeah theirs was rather different, more of a risk to the lions, and the gubberment doesn't want ours anymore. But it don't change the fact that fast food outlets have been around longer than Christians, who also served as fast food for the lions if some history lessons are to be believed.

Love it man!!

[scissorhands]

If we give kids milk at school it will fix it, plus it makes us look good with the moms.

Too bad that many polynesians and asians are lactose intolerant, who gives a fuck anyway huh?

Fonterra wont mind

[HenryDorsetCase]

if we give kids milk at school it will fix it, plus it makes us look good with the moms.

Too bad that many polynesians and asians are lactose intolerant, who gives a fuck anyway huh?

Fonterra wont mind

your propositions do not support your conclusion. If indeed that is a conclusion.

[scissorhands]

whats a proposition?

[Deano]

aren't they? physically no, physiologically is open for debate but then again I guess if you avoid all media or going near a CBD ...

Yeah - I guess some people have no self control so the gubbermint has to regulate.

Pretty pathetic though.

[scissorhands]

No one is forcing the food down anyone's throat are they ?

Personal responsibility fail........again.

How convenient... the gubbermint has no responsibility because personal responsibility is always greater? Shall we put pokies in schools?

Fantastic way to get off the hook... so advertising and behavioural psychology doesnt work on you?


Hmmm, maybe the evolution of man may need the problems of 'now'
so we can evolve past primitive natural states desiring high fat, high sugar, high energy, increase an individuals relationship to personal responsibility...

I'd hazard a guess that Scandinavians are more likely to behave in a more personally responsible manner.

So once all the NZ fatties are well and truly fat, will they just wake up to them selves and come clean and become responsible eaters??

I dont think so.

Scandinavians are more personally responsible because they are taught to be so by their Gmint (their parents are good) which in turn manifests in the DNA after a time....chicken and egg thing

[Deano]

Fantastic way to get off the hook... so advertising and behavioural psychology doesnt work on you?

Not with fatty foods obviously, no. I love KFC burgers but only eat them once a fortnight, and I exercise regularly.

Some people are shit with money, some love drugs, some alcohol, some gamble. Regulate them for sure, but at the end of the day, people need to take more repsonsibility for their lifestyles and lives, otherwise a lot of it is just a cop out. Too easy to blame someon or something else for their own failings, lack of self control, willpower etc.

Is it an addition to fatty food or laziness ? Is it more about education ?

I don't know but it seems all too easy to pass the buck these days.

Oh - you compare Scandanavia to NZ - why are we so different ? Has the nanny state that NZ has been taken away people's desire to be personally responsible for their lives ?

Anyway - That's my 2c and all I have to say about it.

[scissorhands]

Thanks for your 2cents.

[Brian d marge]

We've evolved to eat as much calorie rich food as we can when we find it / catch it etc. Who knows when the nek meal will be... it could be days or weeks away!

Yes thats true , and couple that with cheap prices and availability , and the feeling that it gives ( makes you feel good ,,,)

and bingo , its been proven somewhere along the line , about the link with fast food and poverty


Stephen