The incidence of obesity in both adults and children is rising at a rapid rate in most developed countries, including in Australia. Some obese people are seeking to place the blame for their condition on the fast-food industry, as demonstrated by the recent litigation in the United States brought by two obese plaintiffs against McDonald\u27s. This litigation was unsuccessful, and on existing Australian negligence principles any similar litigation commenced here is likely to suffer the same fate. Principles of personal responsibility, autonomy and free will should prevail to deny a negligence claim. The risk of obesity and concomitant health problems from eating fast food to excess is an obvious risk which the plaintiff should not have ignor...
Public health agencies face considerable challenges trying to prevent overweight and obesity in soci...
Widespread obesity poses a serious challenge to health outcomes in the developed world and is a grow...
In 2006, over 60% of adult Australians are obese or overweight as measured by Body Mass Index (weigh...
There is little chance that obese customers in Australia would fare any better in a claim against fa...
Australians are getting fatter. In recent times, the contribution of fast food advertising to rising...
This case focuses on marketing public policy and legislation issues in the business environment. The...
Abstract Background In Australia, the food industry and public health groups are locked in serious s...
Obesity and diet-related chronic diseases are a critical public health problem facing Canadians. Int...
Overweight consumers are seeking damages from purveyors of fast food for obesity-related health prob...
There is no question that Americans are growing more and more concerned about their weight. Many com...
Because obesity and its associated health problems have been largely attributed to poor self-control...
SummaryFast food is often mentioned when investigating the obesity epidemic. While many health profe...
Recent years have seen the intensification around the world of debate about the regulation of food a...
There is currently a global obesity epidemic and New Zealand, like many other countries, has high le...
The U.S. food industry faces tobacco-style lawsuits for providing misleading information about healt...
Public health agencies face considerable challenges trying to prevent overweight and obesity in soci...
Widespread obesity poses a serious challenge to health outcomes in the developed world and is a grow...
In 2006, over 60% of adult Australians are obese or overweight as measured by Body Mass Index (weigh...
There is little chance that obese customers in Australia would fare any better in a claim against fa...
Australians are getting fatter. In recent times, the contribution of fast food advertising to rising...
This case focuses on marketing public policy and legislation issues in the business environment. The...
Abstract Background In Australia, the food industry and public health groups are locked in serious s...
Obesity and diet-related chronic diseases are a critical public health problem facing Canadians. Int...
Overweight consumers are seeking damages from purveyors of fast food for obesity-related health prob...
There is no question that Americans are growing more and more concerned about their weight. Many com...
Because obesity and its associated health problems have been largely attributed to poor self-control...
SummaryFast food is often mentioned when investigating the obesity epidemic. While many health profe...
Recent years have seen the intensification around the world of debate about the regulation of food a...
There is currently a global obesity epidemic and New Zealand, like many other countries, has high le...
The U.S. food industry faces tobacco-style lawsuits for providing misleading information about healt...
Public health agencies face considerable challenges trying to prevent overweight and obesity in soci...
Widespread obesity poses a serious challenge to health outcomes in the developed world and is a grow...
In 2006, over 60% of adult Australians are obese or overweight as measured by Body Mass Index (weigh...