mama believer

I've read a lot about McDonalds lately. Some group wants to sue them for having toys in their happy meals. Another article showed that a year old happy meal from McDonalds wouldn't decompose.

Whatever your feelings are toward these articles, I think there is a bigger issue here. And no, it's not that it's a parent's responsibility to feed their children proper foods. It's that we're known as an obese nation. Why isn't the food industry helping us get healthy?

It's hard for me (someone who loves to cook and bake and is damn good at it) to remember there are people out there who can't cook. They rely on the food industry for their nutrition. And it's not like the food industry doesn't know we're an obese nation. Yet they keep creating menu items like the double down from KFC. Everyone knows this is gross, but KFC knows consumers will still eat it. When everything on the menu is unhealthy, people go for taste - and I've heard it's the most tasty item they serve.

But what do we do? We sue McDonalds for offering toys instead of thanking McDonalds for trying to offer healthier options. Remember when the chicken nuggets were only dark meat and they finally made the switch to white meat? Remember when the only side you could get was an order of french fries? Now they offer side salads and apples. Remember when bottled water was not an option? Give me a break people! McDonalds is at least offering a few healthy options, whereas a place like KFC keeps coming out with garbage. Don't get me wrong, I have issues with both of the McDonalds articles. But if you're going to sue someone, you shouldn't stop with McDonalds.

I believe we should hold the entire food industry accountable.

Why do I have to try so hard to find something healthy on the menu when we eat out (and still have to work that off later)? Why do I have to special order how an item is cooked to be healthy rather than it starting off that way?

Why aren't restaurant owners jumping at the idea of opening healthy restaurants? Take authority over our obesity problem and stop serving us crap! Stand up and say, "Enough is enough!" I believe America really does have the desire to become healthy. These restaurant owners could do a lot of business by opening a restaurant with nothing but healthy items on the menu. Don't you think?