weight loss and corporate responsibility

Yesterday there was a comment to my blog about salads describing the chain Panera now listing calorie contents of foods and offering up a number of lower caloric choices. EXCELLENT! This is showing a responsibility to society as opposed to just making it all about the $$$.

Soft drink companies removing soda machines from schools: GOOD

Fast food companies offering toys/childrens movie paraphrenalia with the purchase of the "value childrens meals" : BAD

Bistro restaurants offering "free dessert" with the purchase of certain meals: BAD

I believe with enough ingenious thoughts from their MBAs and marketing people on staff, most huge companies offering food services to America can find the right way of making $$$ and yet not killing Americans...

It is kind of sad to say, but there is a truth here: We do need to be protected against our own destructive behaviors at times, and aside from personal responsibility to make the "right" food choices, we cannot be incentivized to make the wrong ones.