In “The Big Fat Case Against Big Macs,” published in The Washington Post on December of 2002, Ellen Goodman argues that the best lawyers cannot prove that the fast food industry caused the obesity epidemic in its customers, but they may prove that they fooled its customers, especially the young customers. Goodman argues that corporations like McDonalds target young kids by putting toys with their meals to attract them. She also states that they put slogans to make kids think that eating their “Big Kids Meal” will make them grow up faster. The author questions the health consciousness of McDonald’s corporation because why would McDonald’s in France take out an ad telling the parents that kids should eat no more than one hamburger a week when they claim that their food is healthy. Goodman also states that childhood obesity is the result of corporations marketing their products to kids, just like the tobacco industry did. She concludes that this fight with the fast food industry......
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