McDonald's: Yes or no? debate

[Amy43]

It's not my favorite fast food place, but I like to eat it once in awhile. I know it's not healthy, but if you treat yourself once in awhile it's not too bad.

[kitari13]

I have to admit it is a guilty pleasure of mine, I like the quarter pounder, definitely not a regular basis type deal though.

[brandish]

Well since I learned from a health show that the burgers with beef in them can raise your risk of cancer I stay away from those. Yes, I know it is if you eat them all the time. When I go to Mcdonalds, I always eat the McChicken sandwhiches, a few rare times like when I really don't want to I eat a McChicken I get a BigMac. There food is pretty good for fast food to me, and they have nice service(atleast where I'm at.) They've only gotten my order wrong about 5 times and almost everyone that works there are people I know. So, what I'm really saying is that I like McDonalds (:

[Jimmy Neutron]

Bump!

[עורב לבן]

Absolutely not! It tastes about as good as cardboard to me, and I am not a big fan of grease.

[Ellies]

Where i live the McDonald's aint that great. Actually at one point there where so desperate that they introduced Mc Pasta and it was Pasta you ate with ketchup... Yuck

Thought where ever you travel it always taste different and the price always varies.

At my local McDonald's A big Mc is #f575f5.95 (Australian dollars) And one of my friends that recently visited America said the prices where different all over the place. Also the range that is offered is different for each store.

And the way they do treat there cows terribly they feed them corn which makes them larger faster and it is just disgusting.

So im going to say no.... For very obvious reasons :3

[MajorK]

Heck no, just thinking about their food can ruin my appetite. I've only eaten at McDonald's once in the past three years, and it was because my dad didn't know how much I hated it, so he brought it home for dinner. It's almost amazingly unhealthy, the livestock live in horrible conditions, and it doesn't even taste good.

[FreddyCenobite]

Truthfully, no. When I eat at McDonald's, I only get a McFlurry. I do eat the hash browns, but nothing else since it doesn't taste or look good.

I do eat fast food on occasion, but I eat at Sonic, Wendy's, or Arby's.

[candu]

I used to always eat McDonalds when I was little, but now I'll only occasionally get a burger or a McFlurry.

[sapiosexual]

Is it McDonald's fault that more than 63 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, making us the fattest nation in the history of the world? I don't think so, because each of us is responsible for what we put in our mouths and in the mouths of our children. Plus many other fast food chains serve food that is just as harmful. But the company is playing a significant role in generating our national appetite for unhealthy foods. McDonald's is by far the largest food advertiser in the country, spending more than one billion dollars a year on direct media advertising.
Much of McDonald's advertising is aimed at children, and it's been effective. Every month, approximately nine out of 10 American children eat at a McDonald's restaurant. Most U.S. children can recognize McDonald's before they can speak. Tragically, one in every three children born this year in the U.S. will develop diabetes in their lifetime.
Of course, fast food is not the only cause of the tragic rise of obesity and diabetes in our society. Our culture has become pathologically sedentary. Watching television and sitting in front of computer monitors for hour upon hour doesn't help. But the high sugar and high fat foods sold by McDonald's and the other fast food restaurants is certainly a major part of the problem. You would have to walk for seven hours without stopping to burn off the calories from a Big Mac, a Coke and an order of fries.
I don't think that McDonald's is the healthiest choice, and I try to avoid it when possible, but I occasionally stop by for an unsweetened ice tea or a nice strawberry-banana fruit smoothie, however when I was younger, I was interested in the 6-piece chicken nugget meals and their delicious french fries, which I do have to admit, I can't resist.