We all know that fast food is bad for you. It's chock full of fat and sodium and calories, but damn, it's delicious. It is also fast becoming a controversial thing.
The health problems of our fast-food culture are getting worse. Whose responsibility is it to regulate fast food, if anyones? The courts will not do it; I love the quote from the New York City judge who threw out a case brought by an obese man who "didn't know" that eating fast food daily would have negative health impacts. He said
It is not the responsibility of the court to protect people from the consequences of their own excesses.
I agree for the most part. But the fast-food industry is out of control. Burger King has recently introduced the BK Stacker: a pile of meat and cheese with no produce on it whatsoever. It's loaded with fat and calories and sodium, and it's being aggressively promoted. Should we put a stop to this? Fast food is beginning to affect public health. It's causing obesity, cardiac problems, and malnutrition. It is a menace to our health.
But is it better to have it widely regulated? Part of me thinks that if wewere to regulate the industry it would collapse, because consumers want high-fat, high-sodium food that will kill them. Should we let them have it, or should we put on the brakes?
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