Posted on 04/07/2015 8:19:18 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has a beef with fast-food chains, particularly when they’re doing business with public hospitals. The D.C.-based non-profit recently surveyed more than 200 hospitals around the U.S. and found that 40 of them—around 20 percent—housed a fast-food restaurant.
Chick-fil-A leads the charge with 20 hospital locations, followed by McDonald’s (18) and Wendy’s (5); donut and coffee spot Tim Horton’s also makes an appearance. In terms of state saturation, Texas and Florida tie with seven hospitals apiece.
The report also points out some surprising anecdotal examples, like the McDonald’s attached to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, which offers delivery to patients.
“The junk food industry’s aggressive and irresponsible marketing has even been allowed to hijack the very institutions that are supposed to set an example: our hospitals,” says Dr. Aseem Malhotra, who is quoted in the report.
But it’s not all bad news. Since PCRM began compiling its report, Indiana’s Riley Hospital for Children closed its McDonald’s and St. Louis Children’s Hospital stopped offering Dairy Queen products.
“Let’s take it a step further,” writes PCRM president, Dr. Neal Barnard. “Just as cigarettes are banned from hospitals, why not do the same for meat, cheese, and other junk foods?”
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The best food court is at Cincinatti Children’s Hospital.
Skyline Chili is co located. Best chili dogs and fries.
There was a MickeyD’s in the hospital Cleveland Clinic...is it still there? (by the big cafeteria - I know there was a Starbucks there too)
When my youngest (then age 3) was there as a cardiac post-op in ICU, fat & carbs were the last things on our minds....
Our MO was, get food for the other kiddies FAST, we have to get back to the ward.
The patients aren’t eating it; it’s for the convenience of the families. Why is this a big deal?
“why not do the same for meat, cheese, and other junk foods?””
So he thinks meat and cheese are junk foods.
In other words, the PCRM has a problem with Chick-Fil-A.
I would think most of the patrons would be hospital employees and visitors. They still have the hospital food they serve patients.
The Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine should seek advice from the Physician’s Committee for Clear Thinking.
On second thought, both committees should stop where they are and dissolve their committees due to the fact that both qualities are already included in regular medicine.
Same goes for “doctors without borders.”
I beer ought to be available in hospitals..........
Liberalism - people who are active on behalf of people they don’t care about in order to control people they hate.
Sorry, they aren’t statists anymore.
Providence Hospital in Anchorage had excellent chow - a taco bar, Thai food, really quite tasty - that was over ten years ago.
I know people in their 80’s who eat mcdonald’s food who are otherwise healthy.
The difference between them and a big fat lazy slob, who eats mostly greasy calorie laden junk food all the time, is they do not eat mostly greasy calorie laden junk food all the time and they are ACTIVE. You don’t have to go to a gym and kill yourself but take walks or work on your lawn.
Everything in moderation and sensible portions. Stay active.
Quit blaming everyone for your own failings or lack of motivation.
Of more concern should be the garbage in the infant formulas hospitals stock...high fructose corn syrup, soybeans, and ‘things you can’t pronounce’; a flaming red flag.
I work at one of the places on the list.
Not only did the nanny-staters here get the city council to agree to ban smoking on the public sidewalks around the hospital (and hospital security will actively pursue people and make them put out the cigarettes), they have been railing about ‘fast food’ for years trying to get them out.
Not only do we have a Wendy’s and a Chick-Fil-A - we also have an Au Bon Pain. ABP is not exactly the healthiest of foods but when I’m craving a chocolate chip cookie, that’s where I go.
Lord have mercy, the nanny-staters are so tyrannical.
And Smashburger! And Qdoba!
“...plenty of hospitals offer fries, burgers, or even Pizza as an option in the cafeteria anyways.”
In a recent visit to see a relative at one of our local hospitals, I made my way to the cafeteria. There were multiple “stations” offering a variety of foods.. a grill, a pizzeria, a salad bar, etc. I hit the grill for my favorite...hotdog with fries. When I placed my order, the cook said, “Sorry, no fries. This is ‘Fry-Free Friday’”. I sputtered something about “This is a grill, you sell fried food, let me worry about saving my own life.”
I left, took the land bridge over to the Orthopedic Hospital, and visited Chic-fil-a.
There was a McD’s over at St. Joe’s in Phoenix. Not sure if it’s still there.
Never was impressed with no fry. Why? Because they were letting me have pizza which is comparable to the fries anyways in terms of calorie count with all the cheese on it. It really doesn’t make sense one bit.
When I ran McD's I had a solid core of customers that ate and spent quality time with each other twice a day every day! They were like family, they came for three reasons, the food was cheap, the food was good and they spent time with friends. Not once in 23 years did any of them ever have a heart attack from the food.
Meat and cheese are junk food??!! Who is this a-hole?
FMCDH(BITS)
I was at our hospital today and had a moment to scope the vending area. Much to my surprise, there were pop and snack machines chock-full of everything the First Douchebag’s wife hates—Pepsi, chips and junk food that I thought had been banned from such premises! Nice. And the food from the cafeteria is quite good, patients get advance menus, and if you have no dietary menu restrictions, it’s as much of whatever you want on the menu. The nurses cry carrying my chow in... ;) [And no, I’m 6-2, 220#]
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