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Spurlock's critics--some of them paid operatives of the food industry--say it's no mystery that he gained weight force feeding himself Big Macs to the tune of 5,000 calories a day. One of his detractors put herself on an all-McDonald's diet and managed to lose 10 lbs. in 30 days, eating fewer than 2,200 calories a day. Her movie is due out in late summer...
...Angeles and New York City are leading the way. After that, says Brownell, cafeteria menus should be revised to replace foods high in empty calories with more nutritious fare. Ludwig is eager to eliminate fast-food-type meals from school cafeterias, some of which sell food supplied by McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Burger King and other franchisers. On days when kids eat fast food, they consume an average of 187 more calories than on days without fast food, Ludwig and collaborators reported in a large study published in the January issue of Pediatrics. Since, on average, the American kid eats...
...makes us troublingly tolerant of government trespasses on our personal freedom. If my neighbor's heart attack shows up on my tax bill, I'm more likely to support state regulation of what he eats--restrictions on what grocery stores can put on their shelves, for example, or what McDonald's can put between its sesame-seed buns...
...promoting unhealthy foods, particularly to children. Each year kids see more than 10,000 food ads on TV alone, almost all for items like soft drinks, fast foods and sugared cereals. In the same year that the government spent $2 million on its main nutrition-education program, McDonald's spent $500 million on its We Love to See You Smile campaign. It can be no surprise that teenagers consume nearly twice as much soda as milk (the reverse was true 20 years ago) and that 25% of all vegetables eaten in the U.S. are French fries...
Mulqueen picked up management ideas from Harley-Davidson and McDonald's. Following visits to these companies, he and his senior staff created rigorous training requirements for the agency heads affiliated with the food bank. His team is launching Pantry University, a program aimed at developing consistency in service and image. Staff members at 600 agencies, including shelters, soup kitchens and food pantries, will be expected to complete courses in food safety, nutrition, finance and information technology. Says Mulqueen: "We need accountability in the system...