There's many fast food restaurants located at hospitals. Fast food can create a lot of health problems for us.
Should Mcdonalds, etc. be there to please visitors, employees, etc?
Should hospitals be places of inspiration and education... WHY??
Im reading an article by Andrew Weil. Surgery with a side of fries.
Opinions/suggestions...ex... curious about other views.
Answer:
No. You are right. They should not be found on the premises of medic facilities. However, I believe that at the moment, the medical profession has not evolved to the point that it would want to take a stand as to what food does to our bodies, unlike the holistic nutrition profession. This, together with hospitals' needs to make ends meet, could mean that they are still capitalising on the marketing of fast food restaurants.
Ideally, hospitals should be places of education as to health n wellness rather than disease(although I am not sure about inpiration)Having said that, it would take someone with Dr Andrew Weil's background and umption to build that kind of institution. So unless something drastic happens to the medical professions' education curriculum, eg adding hours of nutrition modules into the syllabus, or the evolution of a hybrid of conventionaI n naturapathic medicine in the syllabus, or perhaps the emergence of many more individuals with Dr Weil's kind of calibre in the medical profession, I do not think there is any prospect yet that our medical facilities will become the abode of health, inspiration and education that you imagined.
Having said that, the seed of change begins with people. So if you have a conviction n burden to make any changes towards the end that you imagined, it wouldn't hurt to start thinking of how you might become an activist to get things started.
It shouldn't have a place anywhere.
I've noticed the same thing in some hospitals. I don't understand it at all. It shows you the lack of morality on the fast food industries part and possibly on the hospitals part too.
It has a place. In the dust bin.
i think having fast food there is fine. it is the patient's decision weather they want to eat it or not. Besides, ive been to the hospital when I had to get my apendix removed. And the fasst food was great. i was always super hungry.
It has been tried - healthy eating establishments, but people visiting hospitals demand the choice of whether to eat healthy or to eat fast food. A sizeable proportion of hospital visitors would rather go without (a snack) than pay high prices for something they do not really enjoy. You cannot force healthy eating on everybody. I don't know how it is in US hospitals, but retail establishments located inside British hospitals charge top dollar for candy bars and burgers (like 30% more than the price on the street)
The Cleveland Clinic has banned most fast food from its hospitals. It has elimiated all trans fats and junk food from vending machines. In September of this year it won't be hiring any smokers. Health care is changing a lot more to "do as I do" more than "do as I say."
I have a mixed feeling about the fast food thing though. So many sick kids come to the Cleveland Clinic. Parents often tell kids (especially those who have to fast) that if they're good for their exam, they'll get rewarded by a Happy Meal. That brings in a whole other topic about rewarding kids with food. But if you have a sick child, a burger and fries is usually the least of the worries.
not in my opinion. maybe the hospitals allow it to create more business for themselves.
I agree that fast-food is not healthy (other than baked potato or salad). However, I used to work in hospitals, and the cafeteria food that was available for employees and visitors was pretty horrid (though cheap to buy). It was basically the same food that they gave to patients--even the coffee was terrible.
Hospitals, most likely, get some money from the fast-food places that rent space on their property--maybe even a commission (like in some malls and airports). Hopefully they use this money to offset some unpaid medical and emergency room bills.we have some that we couldn't pay.
That being said, I think that hospitals should go back to having employee/visitor cafeterias--but hiring better cooks, and using better food. I know that our community college now has healthy food--so it should not be a problem for hospitals. The money that they may be losing from the fast-food places could cause problems, though.
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