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Obesity Cited In Fast Food Suit .c The Associated Press
NEW YORK (July 26) - A man sued four leading fast food chains, claiming he became obese and suffered from other serious health problems from eating their fatty cuisine.
Caesar Barber, 56, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Bronx Supreme Court, naming McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
``They said `100 percent beef.' I thought that meant it was good for you,'' Barber told Newsday. ``I thought the food was OK.''
``Those people in the advertisements don't really tell you what's in the food,'' he said. ``It's all fat, fat and more fat. Now I'm obese.''
Barber, a 5-foot-10 maintenance worker who weighs 272 pounds, had heart attacks in 1996 and 1999 and has diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. He said he ate fast food for decades, believing it was good for him until his doctor cautioned him otherwise.
``The fast food industry has wrecked my life,'' Barber told the New York Post.
Barber said there is no history of heart disease or diabetes in his family. He said he started eating fast food in the 1950s because it was cheap and efficient.
His lawyer, Samuel Hirsch, said the restaurants should list ingredients on their menus.
``There is direct deception when someone omits telling people food digested is detrimental to their health,'' Hirsch said.
The four chains have been providing nutritional information, including carlorie and fat content, of their meals for many years.
Steven Anderson, chief executive and president of the National Restaurant Association, called Barbers claim ``senseless and baseless.''
``Obviously the lawsuit is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the recent publicity and news stories on the growing rates of obesity,'' he said.
07/26/02 12:11 EDT
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No comment, this is so insulting to my intelligence.
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``There is direct deception when someone omits telling people food digested is detrimental to their health,'' Hirsch said.
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''The four chains have been providing nutritional information, including carlorie and fat content, of their meals for many years.''
Seems to me to imply that they won't win anyway.
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Thats odd, I can't quite place my finger on it...but I thought an online review said something like this was a bad Fat Bastard gag from the new Austin Powers movie.
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You Americans always manage to put a big smile on my face.
Personal responsibility. Contributory negligence. Deductive reasoning. Concepts this fellow seems to be unfamiliar with. Or he's possibly less intelligent than a pig's rear end.
It's madness I tell ya.
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if internment camps do crop up in this country, they shouldn't be for those of arab descent. they should be for dipshits like Caesar "i'm too stupid not to stuff my fucking cornhole with shit day in and day out" Barber.
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I just want to say that I told everybody that something like this would eventually happen.
I can't find the thread it was in, but I know I did.
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Hey, BWC, don't use that. It's not coming funny from you. It makes me want to beat you senseless with a plastic spoon.
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BWC
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Ever consider its not supposed to be funny?
Now plastic spoons, I got some during the drought of 86, and I tell ya what, they are a peice of crap. Noe sporks, on the other hand, will be the eating utensil, along with the cleaver and tenderizing mallet, of the next century after this one...
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Obviously fast food outlets in the US need large signs outside with "It is not obligatory to eat this food" on them.
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Years ago, some brain-deficient jury awarded $2 million to a woman who spilled coffee that she "didn't know was hot." Years later, every fast-food joint in the country has big warnings on their cups that say "WARNING! Contents may be hot!" Unfortunately, I think that history is going to repeat itself here somehow.
For as long as I can remember, every fast food restaurant that I've gone to has had a big poster with nutritional (ha!) information posted right next to the counter. After a customer receives his or her order, they have to walk right past that poster in order to go sit down or walk out the door. It's literally impossible to miss it. (Unless you're a complete fucking moron, of course...)
I really wish there was a law against stupidity, or something. Then we could lock morons like these up where they can't bother the rest of us.
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