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Mar 8, 2010
McDonald’s adds Weight Watchers logo to some menu items. Lets’ see, I’ll have a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, large fries, and tofu and raw carrots on the side.
Which will work better: a low-fat or low-carb diet? Your genes have the answer.
White House adviser Ezekiel Emanuel: “Heavier people” are bad for the economy.
4 Responses to “McDonald’s Controversial “Diet Friendly” Menu, Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb Diets, and Is Obesity Bad for the Economy?”
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Helium
March 8th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Weight Watchers on a McDonald’s menu? That’s an oxymoron.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Heavier people are bad for the economy?
Tell that to the 46,000 Weight Watchers employees, all of whom would presumably lose their jobs if there were no “heavier people.”
Not to mention the adverse effect it would have on the new McDonald’s campaign to add Weight Watchers logos to its menu items.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
I’m not sure where Zeke Emanuel is getting his information from. If anything, heavier people are probably good for the economy.
I’m not saying this is true, but (at least in theory) if we assume heavier people consume more goods and services (e.g. more food, larger clothing, more health care resources, more gas to propel cars carrying a heavier payload, etc.) then heavier people stimulate more economic activity than skinny people.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Zeke Emanuel obviously doesn’t understand political correctness.