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Re:McDonald’s Universal Icons for 109 Countries [pdf] by CharlesW on Saturday June 03, 2017 @03:21PM (#14477982)
> McDonalds has a clear conflict of interest in the design of these icons for nutrition information.

I could understand the point if they'd created McDonald's-specific units (e.g 10 grams of sugar = 1 McVigor). But they're just icons for info that McDonald's makes no effort to hide.

Care to elaborate?

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Re:McDonald’s Universal Icons for 109 Countries [pdf] by tlb on Saturday June 03, 2017 @03:36PM (#14478059)
Not GP, but using a weight scale for fat and a fuel gauge for carbs, suggests that fat makes you fat while carbs give you energy. This thinking, enshrined in the FDA food pyramid, led to the modern epidemic of obesity and diabetes.
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Re:McDonald’s Universal Icons for 109 Countries [pdf] by abrowne on Saturday June 03, 2017 @03:50PM (#14478131)
Yes, the weight scale for fat really jumped out to me.
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Re:McDonald’s Universal Icons for 109 Countries [pdf] by zanny on Saturday June 03, 2017 @04:10PM (#14478242)
Didn't even know it was a weight scale given how abstract it is. Knowing that, these are just cultural stereotypes it seems.
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