Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters.

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents.

The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross.

During my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.

McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed.

There's a real strong link today between soda consumption and obesity among children.

When you go into a fast food restaurant, you may just think about how good your meal tastes while you're eating it. But you're not thinking about all the consequences that come from that one purchase - the consequences for your body, the consequences for supporting this company and how it's treating it workers, all the way back to the farm where the potatoes were grown, or the ranch where the cattle were raised.