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In America, there is no way around the enticements of life. There is nothing that doesn’t exist and most of it carries a superlative. This also applies to the American waist. This philosophy of "much more" and "super-size" has an impact not only to the national bellies, but also on the health of those who carry these bellies. 60 percent of the American adults are overweight. All of them have to fight with the problems of the weekday and many of them also fight with the more serious physical consequences, such as cardiac insufficiency, diabetes, complaints of the joints and difficulty in breathing. But nevertheless, the people seem to be simply insatiable. The joy in the unrestrained pleasure has a side which is seriously deadly. 300,000 people pay with their lives for their sick love of food every year. The obesity is on the right track to win over smoking as health risk number 1. They eat all you can eat round-the-clock for 24 hours while they stand, sit or lie. There is no escape from the all-around supply of snack meals and in order to allow that Americans don't have to turn over the dollar twice, the offer still turns to more for less.

With John Benzhaff, a master prosecutor has declared war to the fast food industry. The advocate refers with pride to his family roots in Germany and completely has his eyes on the problems of the presence. Benzhaff has been successful with similar issues in the past. 30 years later, the tobacco industry isn't only poorer by billions of dollars. There are tough constraints such as deterrent references on cigarette packets, high taxes on products and less smokers, at long last. This has made Benzhaff become the nightmare for large combines. The advocate is taking aim now at the food industry. Benzhaff’s demands: Mandatory detail information on calories and if possible, even warning notes. Upon appropriate notice of what is inside, the tendency to avoid sugar-sweets will automatically follow. This is valid in the supermarkets; therefore, why should that not apply as well to McDonalds & Co. Alone the thought of it lets appear sweat pearls on the foreheads of his opponents. With an eye-catching campaign, the Center for Consumer Freedom is preparing a counter swing.  Behind the apparent logic, there are the sturdy interests of the food industry. The “double cheeseburger with extra cheese” only sells half as well if the buyer knows that this fully covers the fat demands for the next three days. Differently from the tobacco groups, the food industry has an apt argument at hand, however: To eat doesn't make addicted. It is a necessity and whoever cannot resist eating too much, must get rid of it just anywhere else again. Only few take the advice to work out, in particular not the ones who need it most, among which number are increasingly children. Jessica has lost the fight against the enticements of fast food. Before it is too late, though, her mother wants to turn the tables. Today, the girl asks for apples instead of sandwiches. However, many Americans have become old and still run after the life dream of being slim. Many have given it up and still many more have never begun with it. They are caught in the daily temptation of comfort which doesn’t ask for any steps too many. Once they are caught, such groups then can also further eat as the corporations calculate. The appeals alone are not effective. The love of the Americans of the fast food is deeper than that of physical fitness rooms. Aggressive advertising and enticing prices take care that it remains fresh. According to John Benzhaff, the Fall of Man therefore must get more expensive, because only the extra tax on the Big Mac makes the salad more attractive. As there have been the tobacco lawsuits, so now the fast food lawsuits will take their turn. Because big is not always beautiful and round is not always sound, and the quarrel about the causes of obesity will certainly create fat profits.