Fed Up Movie Trailer - food for thought

jmv7117

On MFP there are those openly embracing alternate diets, eating clean or cleaner, and not buying into the food industry's lies. I found this video clip that I thought some may be interested in.

http://youtu.be/kyIiom2OC2I

I personally do not feel that the obesity problem is solely due to fast food. It plays a role in the problem but is not the sole cause. I do feel that highly processed foods play a large role in obesity given that the food industry does use additives with addictive properties. There's a lot of research out there. I also feel that a lot of the food additives have the potential to cause health problems.

A lot of folks more towards cleaner eating when going on a diet. In that respect, it becomes a temporary change in eating habits in order to lose weight. There is a tendency to retain some or all of those changes and even make more if the results are positive.

Open for comments

Hornsby

Subscribing to watch later.

SonicDeathMonkey80

My comment is that your post is nothing but conjecture and supposition.

bcattoes

I'm sure this thread will go bad quickly with all the "it all comes down to personal responsibility" nonsense, as if nothing else matters.

But I am looking forward to seeing this film. I think for those that are struggling for having a harder time with personal responsibility, exploring reasons that may be making it harder is smart.

DanaDark

Of course it comes down to personal responsibility. How could it not?

Our bodies are designed to take the most advantage of an incredibly scarce resource: food.

We now live in a world where this resource is in abundance. And not even that healthy for us! 2,000 calorie meals from fast food joints with almost no vitamins and minerals for example. Tastes great to many sure, but definitely not the healthiest option.

Eventually, people got to realize the reason they've gained weight is because they have eaten more calories than they have consumed. Not necessarily eating too much food. In fact, from a nutrition standpoint, maybe even eating too little food while eating too many calories!

Compound this ease of access with the fact that children are rarely taught anything about nutrition in school, and now overly protective parents barely let children play outside anymore, and well, we get to where we are at!

TheBrolympus

Yes, the food industry is in the business of MAKING MONEY. They will market, produce, and sell you AS MUCH AS YOU WILL EAT. And like every other business they make claims about their product, that may or may not be true. We as consumers need to be smarter. We drive the market with our money and right now our money is buying CRAP!

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madimatchbox

The food available and the additives in it are not necessarily the problem because there is a personal responsibility/choice.. And I agree, except I don't to an extent.

The way it is marketed affects our choices. Our food choices are not just oh this is better for my body. Other things go into play.
Example: I like sweet tea, and in moderation it can be ok. So if I go to say McDonalds to get a small sweet tea but see that the small is $1.30 and the large is a $1, I'm going to get the large. I do not need the large. Nor do i want it. But I do want to make "good" decisions, and the large is a good decision for my wallet.

Our personal responsibility is tainted by the choices we are taught to make.

TheBrolympus

So if I go to say McDonalds to get a small sweet tea but see that the small is $1.30 and the large is a $1, I'm going to get the large. I do not need the large. Nor do i want it. But I do want to make "good" decisions, and the large is a good decision for my wallet.

Our personal responsibility is tainted by the choices we are taught to make.

Fill the large cup half way up. Or mix 1/4 sweet and the rest unsweet. Just because they make the Large cheaper doesn't mean it has to be bad for you. You can turn that frown upside down!

jmv7117

Yes, the food industry is in the business of MAKING MONEY. They will market, produce, and sell you AS MUCH AS YOU WILL EAT. And like every other business they make claims about their product, that may or may not be true. We as consumers need to be smarter. We drive the market with our money and right now our money is buying CRAP!

You are quite correct. The food industry will do anything to make money too including marketing to children, psychologically profiling consumers AND using potentially unsafe to unsafe food additives that have been shown to be additive, trigger health problems and worse. In many cases they will continue to use a food additive that is causing problems unless they are forced not to. Make no never mind they are not concerned with your health one iota! A product labeled as low fat will currently sell more due to demand BUT it is also cost effective to the food industry to make a low fat product because the cost to them is less than a full fat product.

SonicDeathMonkey80

So if I go to say McDonalds to get a small sweet tea but see that the small is $1.30 and the large is a $1, I'm going to get the large. I do not need the large. Nor do i want it. But I do want to make "good" decisions, and the large is a good decision for my wallet.

Our personal responsibility is tainted by the choices we are taught to make.

Fill the large cup half way up. Or mix 1/4 sweet and the rest unsweet. Just because they make the Large cheaper doesn't mean it has to be bad for you. You can turn that frown upside down!

Don't confuse me with logic

SonicDeathMonkey80

My big issue with the fast food industry, mainly McDonald's, is how they've completely screwed up the apple market. They overbuy the cheap, low quality apples and the apple farmers obligate their orchards to grow only them (guaranteed paycheck) at the expense of good quality apples, such as honeycrisp.

Seriously, going to McDonald's for apples and salads is like going to a strip club to admire the architecture

lemurcat12

Example: I like sweet tea, and in moderation it can be ok. So if I go to say McDonalds to get a small sweet tea but see that the small is $1.30 and the large is a $1, I'm going to get the large. I do not need the large. Nor do i want it. But I do want to make "good" decisions, and the large is a good decision for my wallet.

Our personal responsibility is tainted by the choices we are taught to make.

But this is a great example of how it is personal responsibility and teaching yourself to make good decisions.

You are absolutely right that the rational consumer is basically a myth, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to be more rational consumers. My mother used to be so in love with a good deal that she'd buy anything on sale, even something that she normally would not buy because she did not really want it, just because it was 50% off or more. Even as a kid it drove me crazy.

To a certain extent I get it--I go to Starbucks and want to buy the venti coffee or the movie theater and get the gi-normous diet coke, because the price per ounce is so much better. But if I end up throwing out half the coffee because I can't drink it fast enough or am irritated by holding the unpleasantly large cup and need to go to the bathroom before the movie is over, the extra amounts are not just not worth the extra cents, however small, but they are actively making my enjoyment less and thus the value of the product less, so it's completely irrational to buy the larger size. A sensible consumer should make a better decision.

I doubt anywhere is likely to have an actually cheaper large size than small size, except as a short term promotion, because they get no benefit out of it. But the obvious answer is buy the cheaper one and pour it out until it's the size you want. Or split it with someone. Or ask to get the small size at the special deal size.