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McDonald’s Launches CosMc’s!
Possibly the least-healthy menu any fast food chain has ever created, with all the diabetes, heart disease, and obesity money can buy
If you’re concerned about nutrition, you probably avoid McDonald’s or similar fast food chains. And McDonald’s nutrition, while generally poor, isn’t quite as bad as other fast food competitors who offer gigantic triple bacon, butter-soaked, and multiple slices of plastic-cheese laden burgers along with massive milkshakes that weigh in with 1,800 or more calories, exceeding the amount most people should consume in a day.
According to Statista, there are over 40,000 McDonald’s restaurants around the world. It’s difficult to determine current figures on exactly who eats at McDonald’s but since Morgan Spurlock’s enduringly popular 2004 film Super Size Me, many people know that the chain’s profit and menus depend on the people who eat there frequently. The fast food chain literally calls people who eat there at least once a week “heavy users.”
Super Size Me also featured a group of overweight teens from the Bronx who were “heavy users” of McDonald’s who suffered from heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. The teens unsuccessfully sued McDonald’s in the early 2000s. The suit was dismissed by a New York court, which…
