Mondo Times Health Poll Archive

This poll ran from September 20 to 30, 2007.

Mondo Stars Poll Results

"McDonald's is good at making people fat." True 2330/73% False 871/27%

Votes: 3201

From the article "Did McDonald's Give In to Temptation?" by Andrew Martin in the July 22, 2007 edition of The New York Times. Martin writes that "the number of people who are overweight or obese has increased sharply since the early 1980s, and during that period, portion sizes have increased greatly."

Marion Nestle and Lisa R. Young, who are nutritionists at New York University, reported that portion sizes offered by fast-food chains are two to five times larger than when first introduced. While McDonald's dropped its Supersize menu in 2004, it has recently introduced a 42-ounce soft drink called the Hugo, which contains about 410 calories. The drink competes with the Big Gulp at 7-Eleven, and with giant sandwiches like the BK Stacker from Burger King, which contains 4 hamburger patties.

Martin concludes that "the problem with bigger portions has been well documented. They are undoubtedly good deals. But put simply, if people are offered more food, they eat it."

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