Do you think Mc Donalds is responsible for most of the over weight people in america. It is just a question nutin personal.

I don't think so at all. I am over weight. I could count on two hands how many times I[ve been to McDs in the last 10 years. And most of my family never goes either and most of us have a weight problem. My family has always had a weight problem even before we came to the US in the 50s. Who are we going to blame then? MacDs is a scapegoat. Maybe you can blame it on the 'fastfood mentality' but not pick out one company. It's not right or helpful.

No PEOPLE are responsible for being overweight. Macdonalds is just one outlet that supplies food for them to gorge on.

They arent the responsible for Americas obesity, but they certainly contribute to the fact.

I think this is a problem with many facets. The difficulty of finding healthy food on the run is only one part. Lack of activity, faster paced lifestyles, and more stress all add up to America being the jiggle-ass capital of the world.

Due to a medical condition, I can't eat any sugar. None. Not even honey or other kinds of sweeteners. It is nearly impossible for me to find food without sugar in it. I have to cook all my own food. It takes a lot of time and work to do that. I have a pretty laid back life at the moment and I can't imagine if I had to do that while wrangling kids, a 60 hour a week job, and whatever dregs of a social life are left at the end of the day.

I can see how convenience foods and fast food became so popular. People just can't spare an hour or two to prepare a proper dinner. They consider more time now a good trade for health problems later.

Now, as for McDonald's, it is a company that is only in business to make money. It sells food (or something closely resembling such). The more it sells, the more money it makes. It attempts to make the food taste as good as possible to entice people to buy it. Most human palates like the taste of fat and sugar. Is it any surprise that the food is rife with fat and sugar?

McDonald's can put whatever it wants in the food but the consumers are still complicit because they keep buying it! Ronald McDonald has never broken into my house, shoved chicken mcnuggets in my mouth, and stroked my throat until I swallowed. Now, me, Ronald, and that shamrock shake enema... that's private.

Obesity is the result of poor self control and laziness. If McDonalds didn't exist, I'm sure people would still find a way to eat themselves into a heart attack.

it's like this,
if you see a fire, run up and shove your hands into it, is the fire Responsible for your burns?
No, you are.
humans have FREE WILL, if you choose to eat 2 big mac's, a large fries, milk shake and large soda every day, you will get fat, and that is your choice.
until McDonald's starts using armed mercenaries to drag people off the street and forcing them to eat at gun point, no one is responsible but the people who go there to eat way to offend (yes, that includes me!)

No more than guns kill people.
Pencils(or keyboards) misspell words.
Cars make people drive drunk.
Or Spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat!
There's just been a huge increase in a tendency towards being lazy, you could just as easily blame TV, video games, the Internet, or the "Every kid that participates no matter how little effort they show, gets a trophy!" mentality about not wanting to hurt feelings or give kids any REAL sense of accomplishment.

No...That is a cop out for people who refuse to take responsibility for their own actions, and health.

No, everyone is responsible for their own choices. If McDonalds was forcing people to eat their food then possibly. In fact it is possible to eat at McDonalds quite healthily, and they have the nutritional content of all their food readily available to anyone interested.

No, I don't. I think common sense is responsible...or lack there of.

It is not the fast food joints but the Greedy people that overeat and do not exercise.

they do mislead people, saying that their salads are a "lower" fat option when they are only lower than a double burger with a large fries but as salads go, still very high in fat. and they push the biggest, fattiest of everything on everyone, even kids. BUT i don't think they are responsible. people have their own minds and their own ability to research and their own common sense. almost everyone in america had to sit thru health class in high school.

No - most of the overweight people in America are responsible for most of the overweight people in America.

Not solely, I think more of an issue is cars, lack of exercise and people being scared to let their kids outside.
Society does not make it easy to be healthy, when you cannot find shops within walking distance that have healthy food - and you find that unhealthy food is cheaper than healthy - this all contributes.
McDonald's are not to blame, they are just one contributor out of many reasons.

That stupid movie, "Super Size ME!" The documentary's director ate excessive amounts. His goal was not to promote McD, but to make an inflammatory statement, guranteed to get attention. It has started a mob reaction of the Food Police.

No one holds a gun to your head (Despite Auntie EM's claims of coercion) and forces you to eat at McD.

They would however have to hold a gun to my head to get me to eat rice cakes and unflavored yoghurt!

I treasure the fact that I live in a country that gives me such diversity. Making wise choices, is my responsibility.

Besides McD, why not think Domino's, Papa John's, All junk food, constant snacking, Beer, television, riding rather than walking.
If I cut McD out of my diet and just skipped a meal, I'd loose about two pounds a year. Big Whoop! Americans like to eat, they don't need an excuse.

But everyone likes a scapegoat!

nah, people do it to themselves. but man, those happy meals definitely have somethin to do with it. i mean, i get a toy and a burger?! score!

No. People can choose what they eat. I eat Mc D's a few times a month. But Im not over weight. If I was, im sure I would cut back.

No, the overweight people in America are responsible for themselves. (And the same applies everywhere else, too)

McDonald's don't force people to eat their food

well seeing as McDonalds isn't shovig food down anybody's throats then i would say that they are definitely not responsible for anything weight-related.

Of course not! Those lazy-assed oinkers are really STOOOPID! Anyone can do some form of exercise every day, aside from getting up only to get food. Sheesh! People who sue Mcdonald's for 'making' them fat need a lobotomy. What the hell are the parents of obese kids up to? DON'T BUY JUNK FOODS! DON'T GIVE KIDS MONEY TO BUY JUNK FOODS! And set a good example by eating right. And in the right amounts. And exercise.

I don't think they are responsible, HOWEVER, their food is addictive. Many documentaries have shown how your body becomes accustomed to it, and the food literally makes your unhealthy and sick.

I don't think they are directly responsible, but I think they are adding to the problem.

they are responsible for providing the food but no one is pointing a gun at the customer saying eat it or else. The lazy customer is to blame not the restaurant.

McDonalds doesn't put a gun to anyone's head. It is completely on the people who choose to eat there. I also believe the lawsuits against fast food restaurants are completely ridiculous!

No, I think lack of self control is responsible for the obese society of today.

no, people are responsible for their weight.

Nope. People should be held responsible for their poor choice. I am fat because I put all the bad food in my mouth. Not McDonalds. Not Wendy's. Not Jack in the Box. Me. People want to put blame on everyone else and not look at the issues at hand. McDonald's only offers the food. You DON'T have to take it! If you choose to, that's why people are obese. Not 100%, but like 95-97% are.

No, McDonald's isn't FORCING people to eat it. They could go somewhere else if they wanted.

no the people who eat McDonalds are responsible!

no mc donald's is not responsible for the over weight people in america. we all should take a responsibility for our own health. It ia up to the person to take control of the situation.

I don't think they're directly responsible, Demand makes supply, its everyone's responsibility to chose what they do and don't put in their bodies and at what frequency

I think people are responsible for themselves. NO one makes you go to McDonald's. I think we have to take ownership of our own problems.

McDonalds is just a restaurant, it does not dictate what people can or can't eat.

McDonalds is not responsible for most of the over weight people in America, however their food may be.

Some people might like to shift the blame of obese America onto McDonald's because it is the largest fast-food chain, but if someone offered you some dirt to eat it is your choice if you pay for it and eat it.

Americans are responsible for the choices they make and therefore it is only the American public who are to blame for eating too much fast food.

yea and it doesnt help that most people are dumb enough to buy that crap even after knowing that its crap.

Hell no, put down the cheeseburger people

You might as well throw in Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Baskin Robbins ice cream for dessert.

McDonald's is not responsible for all of those fat calories.

You can't blame an establishment that serves fatty food for people being over weight. Nobody's MAKING people eat there. If someone thinks that McDonald's is the reason for their weight problems, THEN THEY SHOULD STOP EATING IT. simple as that.

Of course not. Now if we were forced to eat it and had no other options then I'd say yes. But, as it stands, we are still free to decide what our diets will be; and, if we are over weight then we have only ourselves to blame.

No...not everybody likes McDonalds so therefore I can presume that not every over weight person likes to eat at McDonalds. Everyone's body is made differently some people will never be thin or of average wieght even if they starve themselves and some people don't gain weight even though they eat like pigs.

No, i think that you are responsible for your own actions and that if you possibly get over weight for eating mcdonalds then i think that its your own fault because they dont force you to eat there you can make your own healthy meals at home :)

Nah! I want more Big Macs. LOL!!!

No. It's just more cr@p from the bureaurocracy.

Jade has it right. And she's so funny! Imagine every time an obese person bends his/her elbow, their mouths fly open. Oh, boy. What next?

They are just part of the machine not the fault.

No. They force nobody to eat in their restaurants.

No, you've to responsible for your own body.

No they're not responsible. People are responsible for their own actions and what they consume.

I think People are responsible for being overweight

they are in part responsible by offering shitty food that appeals to fat unhealthy people. they also put high sodium levels to ensure repeat customers and probably a bunch of other addictive additives. the media also spends a whole bunch of time advertising mcdonalds and other fat people food and a whole heap of money is spent on advertising unhealthy food, and a tiny portion of money is spent EDUCATING THE PUPLIC ON FOOD. they dont even teach kids about food in school and thats why they serve fucking shit in cafeterias and have pop machines. this leaves the public too stupid and ignorant on their diets allowing them time after time to make stupid decisions when it comes to eating. its probably a population control scheme.

No. I think that some people have so much trouble with weight because of a problem with their elbows...every time their elbow bends their mouth flies open. Stop laying blame and take responsibility.