Brochures... Fast Food's Answer to Obesity!

Fast food chains say brochures are the best way to give you calorie information. You have to see what happens when people actually try and use these brochures in a fast food line. Hilarious!

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• Obesity
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[sundance79a]

I think you are missing the point. By not making it easy for people to see or find the calorie counts on what they are buying, they can not make an informed decision. The fast food giants say - "Oh-just look at our brochures for the info." This video shows just how hard that is to do.

[M4Change]

Brilliant. Simple exposure of the truth.

[NejiKusa]

Everyone knows fast food isn't healthy and they go anyway. It's your own fault.

[orgamikrikit]

Ive seen a lot of these brochures...they break them down by categories. Really now, how much easier can they make it? If its on the menu, and you wnat to know its nutritional content, then put on the thinking cap and look the fucking thing up. ITS NOT HARD\!!!!! Jeez, this country is turing into a bunch of whining fucktaps that gotta have everything handed to them!!!!!!

[mbshus]

This is absolutely insane! When people get fast food, it is usually when they are in a hurry... and they're stopping to read a poster-sized sheet when there are only 4 item menus at McDonald's that don't include sugar. These people should have simply left when they saw what was contained!

I'm curious to as if any actually left when realizing what they were doing!

[llk517]

the best solution is to not eat there

[splashy9]

I've tried to look at those brochures, and they are a real pain in the butt to find things and look across the long list of things they have.

Better to have it right there on the menu. In fact, they could put things up there according to the calorie count, with the highest on the top left and going down to the lowest. That way it would be easy to pick something that worked with your diet if you are on one.

[Pigatti]

Great news! California just passed into law SB 1420 which mandates menu labeling. Forget the crazy, complicated and obtuse brochures, in California we'll now be able to simply look up at the menu board. That's where the information belongs. Bravo!

[incncvbl]

The brochures may be fine, but they are not being read. The people who don't care probably do care on some level but are in purposeful denial. If faced with the information many people will make an alternate, informed decision. If you are in favor of people being informed, why are you opposed to making it easier to be informed? It's not insulting. It's realistic and practical. Our health care system is collapsing under the weight of obesity and people are suffering needlessly.

[iadonato]

I prefer to look up the nutrition information on a restaurant's website, but I've used those brochures. They're not that hard to figure out. Keep your glasses handy people!

[basehead3000]

sir or madame, trust me, i'm getting the point. moreover, i am informed. i just think that the CCPHA has put a spin on something to promote their agenda. Where are the people that thought the brochures were just fine? Oh wait, they're not on the video are they? How about the people who said, "I don't CARE what the nutrional value of the food is." Oh wait....they are not on the video either.

No sundance, I get the point....do you get mine?