Obesity rises among preschoolers Friday, December 31, 2004 Jamie Stengle Associated Press Dallas - More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday. That is up from 7 percent in 1994, according to the heart association's annual statistical report on heart disease and st
Editorial Hospital has right to seek healthy food Dec 29, 2004 A food fight has broken out at a hospital that is noted for its heart care. The director of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, heart surgeon Toby Cosgrove, wants some fast food purveyors to get out of his large urban facility. He has successfully convinced Pizza Hut to abandon its re
Darwin at Work DrS Dec 27, 01:43 AM [ Reply ] Maybe the intelligent beings on this planet will recognize fast food for the adversive and destructive product that it is, and will obstain from eating it...while the ignorant feast, fatten, and perish. Seems like Darwin's theory hard at work to me. I wouldn't have a problem with it, if it weren't for the fact that
Hey guys thanks for responding to my post, I agree that there are Doctors that make gazillions while some mortgage the homestead to pay for surgery. But my questions is this: Is McDonald's so callous as to stay where they are obviously not wanted? And how could McDonald's have the unmitigated gall to accuse this Doctor of being a racist simple to try and shift blame? Thanks for your posts....Regards, Ronald
McDonald's says Surgeon Racist JoeMaggard Dec 21, 08:48 PM [ Reply ] Wanna know how low McDonald's will stoop in an effort to discredit an innocent person they find threatening...UNBELIEVABLE! McDonald's has the nerve to accuse a Doctor who saves lives daily of being a racist! Hell hath no fury like a corporation scorned The head of the Cleveland
Wow great posts gang...some great points. Thanks!
McDonald's digs in to hold spot at Clinic Monday, November 22, 2004 Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove wants to rid the nation's premier heart hospital of its McDonald's franchise - purveyor of artery clogging burgers and fries. But McDonald's, which contends it now offers lots of healthy choices and will work with the Clinic to tweak its menu,
Hospital targets the Big Mac Restaurant chain in battle with Cleveland Clinic By Ceci Connolly Updated: 7:53 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2004CLEVELAND - The Pizza Hut is shuttered, its neon sign collecting dust on the floor. But knocking down the Golden Arches has proved far more difficult for Toby Cosgrove, the new head of the Cleveland Clinic. A hea
Heart Surgeon Doesn't Think McDonald's Should Be In Hospital Some Say It's Personal Decision To Eat Big Macs POSTED: 4:27 pm EST December 13, 2004 CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Clinic is the superstar of heart health. Year after year, the hospital is rated No. 1. But there's a McDonald's in the middle of the heart center and the new chief execu
man looses weight eating mc's aussie chick Dec 05, 09:33 PM [ Reply ] here in australia a man ate from the healthy menu for 30 days, did some excersise and lost a considerable amount of weight. ppl need to take responsibility for what they eat and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to realise that eating crap everyday won't cause you to have health issues.
Just Say McNO to McCRAP! JoeMaggard Dec 05, 09:00 PM [ Reply ] Why would Parents allow their children to ingest food that causes heart disease, diabetes, obesity and possibly cancer? Are the effects of this McCrap worth a sweatshop toy? Or does McDonald's target the very segments of society--minorities and children--who they know are the least likely to make wi
McDonalds to Change Menu To Prolong CEO Lifespan In an attempt to prolong the tenure of their chief executives McDonalds corp. announced sweeping changes to their menus worldwide. Fat filled hamburgers will be replaced with healthy chick-pea-and-parsley burgers, beef-fat fries with wholemeal pita breads, while sugar loaded shakes are set to dissapear bein
God Bless Charlie Bell JoeMaggard Nov 23, 11:04 AM [ Reply ] Today Charlie Bell stepped down from the top spot at McDonald's Corp. My issues with McDonald's are pretty well known gang, but today I feel sad for a scrappy kid from a subburb of Sydney who climbed to the top of McDonald's, only to have that Golden Prize snatched away by cancer. The lesson in all th
Texas Woman's Death Probed for Mad Cow Tie By Associated Press November 22, 2004, 7:24 AM EST BEAUMONT, Texas -- The family of a Beaumont, Texas, woman is waiting for test results to find out if she died from a form of an affliction connected to mad cow disease. Burnell Baize, 71, died Oct. 16 of the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disea
US almost has a cow David Usborne November 21 2004 at 03:37PM New York - Consumer groups and the beef industry in the United States are mobilising to avert any public panic over the nation's food supply after officials at the department of agriculture revealed they had uncovered a possible case of mad cow disease. The government
Food Firms Will Still Target Children By Tom Whitehead, PA A ban on junk food adverts on early evening television will simply see firms target children in other ways, a branding expert warned tonight. The millions of pounds companies spend urging youngsters to buy their products will still be directed towards them, just not on television,
ditto here....now the US must make the same changes!
Sunday, November 14, 2004 Junk Food Ads Banned Junk Food Adverts 'Banished During Children's Tv' By James Lyons, PA Political Correspondent Junk food adverts will be banished beyond the 9pm watershed an attempt to fight Britain’s obesity crisis, it emerged tonight. A ban during children’s TV had been widely expected when the Govern
To JoeMaggard DrS Nov 07, 11:58 PM [ Reply ] I am wodering...If McDonalds will not hire fat actors for commercials (this seems to violate the truth in advertising priciple to me)--have they ever tactfully persuaded any overweight employees to seek employment elsewhere? Is there anyway to find out? Or do they figure that once they entice a person into the store
McDonald's slammed for trans fats By CBC Staff 11/1/04 TORONTO - A nutrition advocacy group is slamming McDonald's Restaurants for failing to get trans fats out of its cooking oil. The company vowed it would eliminate trans fats from its menu two years ago, but still uses the same cooking oil as then. So the U.S.-based Center for Sci
your absolutely right...thanks
EXCLUSIVE Small Mac and skinny fries FULL NEWS INDEX By CLODAGH HARTLEY McDONALD’S has been accused of super-sized hypocrisy after banning fat people from new TV ads. In a leaked memo, the casting company providing actors was told to ensure they were all were small fry. The importance of having no fat
McDonalds Has Responsibility turbo Nov 05, 11:46 AM [ Reply ] McDonalds and the other fast food companies have an undeniable responsibility for the widening of the American waistline. Yes, it is each individual's responsibility to make healthy choices and eat things that are good for them. However, some people simply have not had access to
Feds looked into human mad cow cases in NY By Steve Mitchell Medical Correspondent Published 10/29/2004 2:15 PM WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Federal officials have investigated 20 cases for possible human mad cow disease in the last 10 years in New York, where state officials currently are looking into a cluster of five cases of a related dis
Hey gang, guy in a big Budget rent a truck broadsided me in Fayetteville NC on Oct. 18...be back soon!
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