My mouth does be waterin’ watching that programme :P

couldnt agree with more i,ve seen that program it,s revolting.our American friends seem to think that bigger is best and some of the portions could feed 10 people never mind 1 and all just to get your picture on a so-called wall of fame it should be called a wall of shame

Indian all you can eat on Moore street (on the street not under it) if you want a big feed. It’s actually really nice as well.

ah James man lighten up, or change the channell ..

We’re not too far behind the (US) Americans ourselves. They consume around 3830 calories daily and us 150 less. They do very little physical exercise and over 25% do no exercise whatsoever.

Bang Bang is that figure for daily calories accurate? That’s an insane amount of calories! A 500 ml coke would only be maybe 250 so this is a drop in the ocean if the problem is that far out of control!

True but it’s a start

@Bang that’s some amount of cals, a man and woman’s combined! I gotta say I love man v food….pulled pork sandwiches…burgers the size of a tyre, nom nom nom! Though the episode where he had to eat 1000 oysters was retch inducing….

and a bird never flew on one wing ;)

Haha! Then there’d be nobody to agree to all this banning large drinks bollocks. Can I say that? I believe it’s not a swear word. Certainly not as bad as sugary drinks.

In Wendy’s it’s free refills so the only difference between a large and small is that your lazy ass will have to move more.

reason enough then.

Actually, the whole reason why larger portion sizes were introduced was because people won’t buy more smaller portions. Mc Donalds introduced the large and supersize me meals because they wanted to sell more and it worked. Tackling larger portions is actually a very smart way of addressing the issue.

Totally agree. Bollocks to banning!

Darren: did you actually read that comment or were your eyeballs still vibrating from your afternoon mega-gulp? Jesus man, you like soft drinks. WE GET IT.

Look, if there’s loads of cheap sugary drinks available and you think they’re bad for you or your kids… Then don’t drink them ok? Just let the rest of us have a simple pleasure. Thanks. Jesus

Nobody is stopping you having them and I KNOW they’re bad but I still have them occasionally. They’re just putting a limit on the size of the cup but it’s possible for people to get as many refills as they like in the US so I really don’t see where you’re coming from. It’s a minor inconvenience at best.

So 2 litre bottles of coke should be banned in shops? Or are shops somehow exempt?

shops are exempt. I suppose the reason being if you buy a large bottle in a shop you’re not necessarily going to drink it on your own, or in one go.

No way Jose. Banning a legal product for the benefit of the stupid is a step in the wrong direction.

Yup it’s true. A consultant in temple st said just cut out the juice and fizzy drinks for kids, replace with water. The result is that there’d be less overweight kids…which sadly is more and more common nowadays.

I cant swallow that

There are already very strict gun laws in New York.

So… Tell us about them

But fat people are easier to shoot

@Darren
Application for a handgun license is through the individual’s county or major city of primary residence, usually the police/sheriff’s department, or a separate licensing authority (i.e. “The County Pistol Clerk”). After initial approval on the county level, the application is then passed on to the New York State Police for further approval. As part of the application process, the applicant will be required to ask friends or associates to act as personal references. These individuals may be required to fill out forms, varying in length by county, attesting to the applicant’s ‘good character.’ Pistol licenses can take from less than four months to more than six months for approval, even though N.Y. law allows the licensing authorities no more than six months to process a license.

Yeah I agree, the ban is a good thing.I think we should have dietary education from say 4th class onwards here in Ireland.Kids should know what is in a Big Mac, the fries or chickedn nuggets etc. because we have an obesity epidemic waiting down the line for us.I remember when a McDonalds was a treat (Sound like an aul’ lad here ha)and I loved it!Now kids can have it every day or week if they want and lets be honest we all know its tastes good sometimes but its contents are absolute SH*TE !!

Automatic bottle of water? Wtf are you talking about? would you accept that in any restaurant or shop. Bollocks I say..

Those diet drinks can be even worse for you. A lot of artificial sweeteners are carcinogenic and ironically can cause weight gain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_substitute#Health_issues

Believe it not a better alternative to fizzy drinks is to have a pint. Beer in moderation is very nutritious. The key phrase is moderation.

Beer is also better at rehydrating you after exercise than those horrible sports drinks:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-491236/A-pint-beer-better-workout-water-say-scientists.html

So for lunch skip mcdonalds and make it a bowl of stew and a pint and a read of the paper.

No. You will still be permitted to buy super size diet drinks as these are considered “healthy” in spite of all the toxic sweeteners..

That would be the same state fat people turn to to treat their diabetes, heart problems etc?

You can’t moan about free choice then expect the state to pick up the pieces when you get ill.

Nor can we feel smug about laughing at the American fatties, ireland is heading the same well, the bellies on a lot of young women is shocking.

A big problem is a lot of people do not know how to cook, it should be taught in schools for everyone. It can be very tempting to head to the chipper instead of cooking dinner.

http://www.irishhealth.com/clin/ffl/obesity.html

That’s lazy logic. You can carry a gun, but you can’t carry a knife. You can carry a gun, but you can’t carry heroin. You can go on and on. The big problem here is the carrying a gun bit. Just because that’s so crazy it doesn’t mean that anything less crazy should be allowed automatically, just that they should address the crazy gun culture first.

Leona it doesn’t matter. Diabetes is a health risk , whatever type. And sugar doesn’t cause diabetes

@celtic lady People with type 1 have a genetic condition

@Celtic Lady I just wanted to point out that diabetes type 1 is not preventable, it is in no way the result of a person’s lifestyle. Whether a person is fat, thin, fit or unfit, makes no difference to his or her risk of developing type 1. In the case of diabetes type 2, much of its onset is the result of bodyweight, fitness and lifestyle, which is the type that this article was referring to and in many other articles over the past number of years. The issue lately facing the diabetics is that the condition is being branded as one condition which is misinformation to the general public. I am sorry if i have offended some people by my first comment it wasn’t my intention, but as a type 1 diabetic i just felt i wanted to stand up to it! Thats all!

Save a tenner. Bring you own drinks and snacks in with you.

A lot of cinemas now do tea and coffee. I prefer a nice cup of tea and bar a chocolate over a gallon of coke and dry popcorn anyway.

No, the article says they are banning LARGER than 473 millilitres.