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Originally posted by UCFPhiDelt
First, let me say that I hate oreos. I never acquired a taste for the cookies and I can't understand why people like them for the life of me.

As for the lawsuit, it does not ask that adults be restricted in their consumption of Oreo cookies in any way. The suits seeks to have the cookies kept away from children. The suit contends that the trans fats in Oreos are dangerous and that children consume it. The cookies are inagruably marketed towards children. As all of you have posted here on the thread, you are adults and will make your own choices on food consumption. A child does not have the same rights or intellectiual abilities to make these choices. As for whether Trans fat's are bad for you, there seems to be little doubt of that by most of the medical community. The reason you don't know they are in foods you commonly eat are for one main reason: MONEY. Trans fat's are cheap to put into products. Far cheaper than other fat based replacements. The food comapnies have determined it is cheaper to fight food labeling regulations in court than it is to replace the Trans fat's. This has nothing to do with the FDA knowing it is bad for you or with the food companies knowing it is bad for you. They don't really care about you. As long as you keep buying their food and they can keep the labeling regulations tied up in court, the better for them. If you think Nabisco or the other food companies care about you or your kids, you are sorely mistaken.

Note: It's a great strategy and as an accounting major, I would do the same thing for my companies.

I agree with your points completlety..but want I want to focus on is the fact that yes, we as adults can choose what we put in our mouths and that kids, who are more impressionable do not have as much a choice. But what bothers me is that parents do not help teach kids about control and what not. Sure...trans fatty acids are not good...but you and I know how to enjoy something such as an Oreo and not let it affect us. Don't you think it is tradgic that instead of teaching children about how to eat healthy and balanced, that people put them in front of a TV....sad. Really really sad. I think that the key here for obesity to become not such an issue and for people to stop blaming the foods the eat is for all people to take control on what they put into their mouths. Its your body- be proud!!!