Lawsuit claims McDonald's burgers and fries are making kids fat
Thursday, November 21, 2002 Posted: 1:47 PM EST (1847 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Are Big Macs hazardous to children's health?

Lawyers have filed a class-action lawsuit against McDonald's on behalf of New York children who have suffered health problems, including diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity.

In federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday, a lawyer alleged that the fast-food chain has created a national epidemic of obese children. Samuel Hirsch argued that the high fat, sugar and cholesterol content of McDonald's food is "a very insipid, toxic kind of thing" when ingested regularly by young kids.

The plaintiffs include a Bronx teen who ate every meal at McDonald's for three years while living in a homeless shelter. Another is a 13-year-old boy from Staten Island who says he ate at McDonald's food three to four times a week and is now 5-foot-4 and 278 pounds.

McDonald's lawyer Brad Lerman insisted the lawsuit was a frivolous attempt to cash in on the Golden Arches, "the kind of lawsuit that shouldn't be in court."

"People don't go to sleep thin and wake up obese," Lerman said. "The understanding and comprehension of what hamburgers and french fries do has been with us for a long, long time."

McDonald's has asked Judge Robert Sweet to dismiss the case, arguing those who filed the claims cannot show their health woes were caused by Big Macs and insisting the company has never misled customers about its food. The judge did not immediately rule on the request.

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Jeez, talk about stupidity...

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Originally posted by MoSH_MaN McDonald's taste like shit

you're kidding? Maybe the recipes are different in Israel, I kow the mcDonalds I visited in Germany was a bit dodgy.

But I absolutely love! or used to love - their fries, and their Big Mac sauce.

It took me a long time to wean myself off it, and now I haven't eatenthere for a very long time, bout 2 years. I miss it!

The ironic thing is, the lawsuit should have nothing to do with the McDonalds franchise itself, rather it is a portrayal of how sad American society is. We have homeless children suffering from obesity? This shows that government aid is going wrong somewhere.
And it is a fact that it is cheaper to eat very unhealthy food in America -- fruit, for example,is often highly overpriced, and of poor quality. IT's funny how the most economically prosperous country mostly food that an Ethiopian beggar would spit out. Thats the first thing I noted when I emigrated from Russia. Even though at home rations were limited, the food was amazing.
As far as the lawsuit, I'd have to agree with the defense in that it is irrelevant and beside the point.

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well if stupid people can sue cigarette companies for selling a product that gave them cancer, the same can go for McDs.

sure, fatty foods arent necessarily as addictive as nicotine and they arent technically a drug, but people with eating disorders(not anorexia) might have issues.

basically it all comes down to stupid people. i dont agree with either form of lawsuit. if people knew what they were getting, and were smart about it, they wouldnt smoke and wouldnt eat McDs. im not saying i do neither tho, cause im guilty too - but i know when not to engorge myself and sue|

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I heard about this kind of thing awhile ago...not this story in particular though. I heard some lawyer was going to sue McDonald's and other fast food restaurants because he claimed the food contained chemicals and such that were making people sick. It's really bullshit...people obviously know the food is bad for them and they're not going to start putting warnings on food any time soon I don't think.
This is just like those idiots who smoke all their lives and then sue the cigarette companies...I mean, come on, you know you made yourself sick.

Mwuahahahah....

How come I hear stories like that only from america?

Yeah, right. About 3 out of 4 people die in beds, so let's all sue that evil furniture industry...

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Heaven forbid that the parents actually take responsiblity for their children's diet...

This is another pearl in the string of parents shurking their responsiblity onto something else other than themselves...

Hey, it can't be little Johnny's\My fault that he snapped and shot his peers at random...

Hey, it can't be little Johnny's\My fault that he's 200 pounds and he's only 13 years old...

Hey, it can't be little Johnny's\My fault that he got his girl friend pregnant and he's only 14 years old...

As long as the kid lives under the parents roof, THEY are responsible for that kid.

Period.

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I totaly agree with you Fir3start3r!
but, unfortunatly, you have some irresponsible parents, and kids that don't listen to their parents...

so yea, it's kinda stupid to sue mc for that reason, but then again.... people shouldn't be allowed to eat that food! no matter how good people think the food tastes, which i don't see how they would enjoy pure grade A meat....... IT'S BAD FOOD!!!!
But i understand now then people are in a rush and don't have time, so they stop by for some 'fast food'....which explains the long lines EVERY morning on the drive thru....and..then it becomes a habbit....
but i also understand when you're hungry and have nowhere else to eat, and eat cheap ofcourse..... we all do that....

sorry, i don't wanna hate! but sometimes the evil side of me takes over...

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if they don't like it they shouldn;t eat it like why do they have to sue them for ... ppl these dayz

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mcdonalds is fucking disgusting shit.

I haven't set foot in a McDonalds in over a year.

Disgusting crap that is.

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this reminds me of a montel williams show where they were showing these kids, one kid in particular was like 100 some pounds at 16 weeks old and the mom was just feeding it crap food like mcdonald's, burger king and what not. and she was on there crying about how she wishes her kid wasnt so big and yet she takes no responsibility for her actions of feeding the kid that garbage. when your that young you can't make decisions like that. its sad that people can be so dumb.