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It is definitly a person's decision to eat what they want and in whatever quanity they want. But...just a thought...I think the "dollar menu" craze that has swept the fast food chains holds much more "unhealthy potential" than the concept of supersizing.
When I was a poor college student, the dollar menus offered a wonderful alternative to my creative versions of Ramen Noodles. When they started with the 99 cent cheesburgers (on Tuesdays for example)...I'd buy 10 and throw them in the freezer. Then everyone started with the dollar menus. I could get a hot, tastey meal for 2 or 3 bucks! We did it all the time.
Now that I'm out of college and have a decent job, I can afford to eat better. We limit our eating-out to once a week which is sometimes, but not always, fast-food. Never-the-less, it just seems that it is much cheaper and much more convienent to eat food that is "bad for you"; eating healthy requires more time and money, that some people just don't have.
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