The lawyer who led the "nonsmokers' rights" class-action suits is laying into a new target: pushers of obesity-generating foodstuffs:
Who will he sue now? For starters, schools with food contracts that provide sugary and fatty food, and fast-food companies in general. His argument: Many food companies have neglected to inform consumers about just how bad their products are, have made misleading health claims about them and, worst of all, have exerted enormous pressure on their most gullible audience — children. Eventually, he predicts, the states could sue to recover the billions they spend on obesity-related diseases (diabetes, strokes), and then the companies could settle, presumably for oodles of money, like the tobacco companies did.
Followers of apostate weigth loss programs (six weeks into the Atkins diet, I'm 20+ lbs. lighter) better watch out.
