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Posted by Stacy on Monday, July 14, 2008 9:29 AM

So, I am listening to the radio and I am hearing a Taco Bell commercial and listening to them talk about how we need to have a meal between dinner and breakfast, you know the fourth meal that we need to be eating at midnight. Now, I don't know about you, but I really think that whomever came up with this kind of selling point should be shot. Seriously, don't these people realize that the whole world is overweight, especially those of us living here in America. Don't they feel any personal responsibility to use selling techniques that encourage an overall good for the country? Well, I guess they don't but I think that really there should be limits on these fast food companies, that make them stop up sizing everything and trying to encourage us to eat more and more. Really, we all have a responsibility to play our part in making society better not worse. I am not saying it is their faults that anyone is overweight, but come on trying to sell us the bigger fries, the bigger sodas, the bigger burger, and now even a fourth meal. I do understand it is business and that people really need to start thinking, but I also really think that they should want to put out advertising that promotes health and that doesn't promote over eating as a way to make them more money. I mean don't you think that they could find a way to make tasty burgers and fries with less calories and fat and sugar. Bet ya they could, they could probably get more for them, but why do that when they can just convince us to eat more food as a way to make more profits instead. A few weeks ago and I was at Wendy's and I ordered a meal. Now lately I have been watching the dollars a little more closely so I looked at the price of my meal and it included a small fry and a small soda, and I thought that was fine and the price was okay. When I placed the order, immediately the guy said to me would you like a medium or a large fry and drink. I hesitated for a minute and looked back at the board and said no I just want a small, and so he said okay. He was trying to us size the meal without me even being aware of it.

Don't get me wrong, I still will eat some fast food and I will always enjoy the little chocolate gifts I give myself, but for the most part, I am trying to eat better and watch the up sizing a little more closely.