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This 3 page paper examines the case initiated by Caesar Barber against four fast food restaurants for contributing to his obesity. The legal issue is discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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known fast food chains that purportedly helped to make him obese. Caesar Barber is 56 and weighs 270 pounds (2003, p.PG). He claims that McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys
and KFC have all contributed to his rotund state (2003). The lawsuit represents the first broad-based action against the fast food industry for contributing to obesity, and
he claims that fast food restaurants did not properly disclose the ingredients of their foods nor the risks of eating too much of it (2003). Barber had a heart
attack (2003). That is seemingly what prompted him to bring on the suit. On one hand it is true that it is difficult to get a quick affordable meal during
the day unless one drives through, or goes into, one of these fast food establishments. It is also true that the places serve meals that are calorie and fat-laden. At
the same time, most people realize that french fries and hamburgers are fattening. Such figures are available in calorie books and it does not take a genius to figure out
that gaining weight is attributable to what is eaten. Had Barber gone to a physician about his weight gain over the years and asked why he had been gaining weight,
the doctor might have brought up his diet. Indeed, it seems common knowledge that fast food is fattening and while Barber did not know this, is it really the responsibly
of McDonalds to tell him? After all, one can conceivably sue French restaurants that use mounds of butter. Why not sue Dunkin Donuts too? Barber said on an
ABC program: "They never explained to me what I was eating " (Sealey, 2003, p.PG). Perhaps a good response to that complaint is that he ate it anyway. If
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