Katherine Mangu-Ward | May 24, 2007
Some
people take the war on trans fat
more personally than others. Anti-fat crusader MeMe Roth
literally throws herself into the fight to deliver kids at
the YMCA from temptation. Are sprinkles the serpent in the YMCA's
otherwise healthy Eden?:
With 30% of America’s children at risk for obesity and diet-related diabetes; with two-thirds of their parents already overweight; and with the YMCA of the USA asserting its “unique position in the fight against child obesity”; MeMe Roth endeavored to rid the YMCA of junk food. Ms. Roth attempted to discard the sprinkles, artificially-flavored caramel and chocolate syrups, and other high-fructose corn syrup-laden and artificially colored substances, along with the artery-clogging full-fat ice cream set up near the entranceway as a free celebratory offering to YMCA members. In response, the YMCA blocked its junk food table and held back the 5’6”, 120-pound, Ms. Roth with a 6’ 3” football player volunteer named “Eric” and called the police....
The YMCA has threatened to press charges and terminate Ms. Roth’s family membership to the YMCA.
For more on MeMe, who also wants to boycott Girl Scout cookies, go here.
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With 30% of America's children at risk for obesity and
diet-related diabetes
Aren't 100% of America's children at risk for obesity and
diet-related diabetes?
People like that sicken me. They should all watch the Penn and
Teller bullshit episode on Obesity. they also need to take care of
themselves and their own fucking kids.
The BMI chart is so old that her at 5' 6" and 120 qualifies as
FAT.
The wording on this blurb is a little odd.
You have to read it a couple of times to realize that she was
"attempting to discard" someone else's ice cream.
That's pretty neutral language to use to describe someone trying to
trash someone else's food, that they were offering to others to be
nice.
If I bust into the Feed the Children warehouse and try to throw
everything into a landfill, would you say I was "attempting to
discard" it?
"People like that sicken me. "
How can such hilarious, over-the-top shenanigans sicken you?
"The BMI chart is so old that her at 5' 6" and 120 qualifies as
FAT."
Are you sure about that?
So she's the obesity equivalent of the paint-throwing PETA
set?
What a maroon.
Doesn't the name "MeMe" automatically disqualify you from being
taken seriously?
But seriously, it's nice to read something about someone telling
one of these self-appointed Meka-Poppins to go pound sand.
Note to fast food stand operators on boats:
While I don't think travel writers with cameras should be kept
under surveillance, people who attack the ice cream stand in front
of the YMCA probably should be put on your watch list.
If not for that site, I wouldn't know that Chevy Chase testified
before Congress on junk food in schools. Chevy Chase testified
before Congress. Chevy Chase. Congress. Testified. Someone
therefore regards Chevy Chase as an expert on something. Chevy
Chase.
The country is doomed, people. There's no hope. Compose your death
poems, sharpen your tantos, and find your seconds.
So she's the obesity equivalent of the paint-throwing PETA
set?
What a maroon.
What an imbessil
"With 30% of America's children at risk for obesity and
diet-related diabetes"
Thats nothing, MeMe! Don't you know 100% of The Children™ are at
risk of dying of something sometime in their lives??
I don't think there was a single butterball in my hood growing up because we (gasp) went outside. Now I'm going to go get back on my rocking chair.
I checked the BMI, and 5'6" 120lbs = 20BMI
anything 18-24 considered "Desireable".
But that might not be the best word necessarily. She could still
have a sqeaky voice and a bony schnozz.
Nope. Actually, she's hot as hell, in that kind of bitchy WASP,
country club crusader kind of thing. Should have guessed with the
MeMe moniker.
http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2005/01/20/199954/meme.JPG
Hiding behind all of MeMe's anti-obesity crusader schtick is a woman who thinks, 'if I can't eat it, NOBODY CAN!'
Someone therefore regards Chevy Chase as an expert on
something. Chevy Chase.
Well, chevy should know about the dangers of junk food. He was a
former pitchman for Doritos. Hopefully, he'll offer some expert
testiony on hypocisy next.
Goddammit I was wrong, she is skinny. Shes TOO fucking skinny. Someone get her a sandwich and a good butt fucking. Then she might be okay.
"But that might not be the best word necessarily. She could
still have a sqeaky voice and a bony schnozz."
Heh. This is the type of woman who will drive her kids to
distraction.
Why doesn't she just find another gay bathhouse to join? One that serves jimmies instead of sprinkles
I can't say I applaud her methods but the message is correct - there's no good reason that an institution like the YMCA, which supposedly is dedicated to promoting good health, should serve junk food.
WE SHOULD FORCE-FEED HER GRAINS UNTIL SHE IS FAT, AND THEN WE SHOULD PUT HER LIVER ONTO SOME CRACKERS! I AM SICK OF MY GOOSEN BRETHREN HAVING THEIR LIVERS PECKED OUT, BUT I LOVE ICE-CREAM, SO I SHALL EXACT MY REVENGE ON THIS WOMAN'S LIVER! OF COURSE, I DOUBT SHE LIKES FOIE GRAS, BUT IT MATTERS NOT! ZEUS COMMANDS IT!
Or perhaps the YMCA can serve an unhealthy treat because the kids getting them were actually getting a lot of exercise? Is not the point of the YWCA/YMCA for kids to get a healthy dose of exercise? That and hot sex in the shower...
What are the odds that a little girl named MeMe would grow up to be a self-important twit?
If you're going to eat ice cream you might as well go for the
good stuff. Just don't eat it every day.
I can't say I applaud her methods but the message is correct -
there's no good reason that an institution like the YMCA, which
supposedly is dedicated to promoting good health, should serve junk
food.
You're really not even trying anymore, Dan T.
Nope. Actually, she's hot as hell, in that kind of bitchy WASP,
country club crusader kind of thing. Should have guessed with the
MeMe moniker.
That mouth looks like it savors opportunities to nag.
Dan T-
Maybe YMCA's thinking was that if you want junk food you should
work off the calories first; it's not like Weight Watchers was
offering free Krispy Kreams.
Besides, I doubt the 6'3" football player was morbidly obese; mst
YMCA goers can handle a couple extra carbs here and there.
That woman obviously needs to get some fiber in her diet... shes totally bound up.
You're really not even trying anymore, Dan T.
I confess that sometimes I just like to see Reasonoids try to argue
againt even the most obvious points.
Full-Fat Ice Cream's Got to Go!
Full fat ice cream is the best. Like Breyers. Ingredients are:
Cream, Milk, Sugar, Vanilla. That's pretty much it.
MMMMMM
It is pointless to indulge in crap that is bad for you unless it
tastes really got dang good.
there's no good reason that an institution like the YMCA, which
supposedly is dedicated to promoting good health, should serve junk
food.
Perhaps not, and that would be a really good reason not to
warehouse your children with them while you shuttle off to the
office five days a week.
Doesn't the name "MeMe" automatically disqualify you from
being taken seriously?
Not if it's your
last name (sort of).
JP: that link is just living proof that all us men are just pigs. Eh? :-)
Hey, when Jesus saw the money changers' tables at the Temple in
Jerusalem he took action. Direct action, my friends.
Did he start a petition drive? Fuck, no! He got right up in their
grills and threw down.
"You got a problem with that you Pharisee pussies? Bring it,
bitches!" (This was the first recorded instance of the so-called
Come To Jesus Meeting.)
WWJD? He'd trash that YMCA snack bar. Guaran-fucking-teed.
"What are the odds that a little girl named MeMe would grow
up to be a self-important twit?"
30% of America's children are at risk of growing up to be
self-important twits!
"Perhaps not, and that would be a really good reason not to
warehouse your children with them while you shuttle off to the
office five days a week."
And TWC receives the coveted 'Zing!' award.
JP: that link is just living proof that all us men are just
pigs. Eh? :-)
Well, she is a talented TV personality. She just happens
to have a very appropriate last name.
JP, her looks are pretty appropriate as well.
checked out, thanks my man, the coveted Zing award will look very
nice hanging on the wall next to my rather extensive collection of
shrunken heads and shark teeth.
Ms. Roth attempted to discard the sprinkles,
artificially-flavored caramel and chocolate syrups, and other
high-fructose corn syrup-laden and artificially colored substances,
along with the artery-clogging full-fat ice cream set up near the
entranceway as a free celebratory offering to YMCA
members.
Hey, I'm on board. Get rid of all that artificial stuff, and give
me syrups made with real sucrose, real milk chocolate, real
caramel. The full-fat ice cream can stay, as long as it's made with
real butterfat.
According to a 'heartbreaking ad' I heard on the radio, one in
four American Children as 'at risk' of being hungry. Perhaps they
ought to swing by the YMCA?
Good Lord, but now that I think about it, I am 100% at risk of
being hungry, because, as it happens, I am hungry right now, and I
can't go home til 2:30. Perhaps taxes should be raised and
telethons be held in my honour!
Or I could get some of those M&Ms in the next aisle...
that is, provided that no do-gooder zealot has thrown them away so as not to allow us to get more obese...
My dream is that some government entity sets up some kind of ice
cream booth and MeMe trashes it.
Just to see the heads spin on H&R.
along with the artery-clogging full-fat ice cream
I wish these party-poopers would quit with the nausea-inducing
hyperbole.
there's no good reason that an institution like the YMCA,
which supposedly is dedicated to promoting good health, should
serve junk food
A little stinking ice-cream cone once or twice a week is going to
harm NO ONE. Unless there's a giant sign on the table that says
"Eat me at every meal!" I don't think there's any cause for
concern.
A little stinking ice-cream cone once or twice a week is
going to harm NO ONE. Unless there's a giant sign on the table that
says "Eat me at every meal!" I don't think there's any cause for
concern.
I agree that there's nothing wrong with ice cream as an occasional
treat. But America has shown that people will eat too much junk if
it's made easily available to them.
AFTER MEME'S DELICIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL LIVER HAS BEEN EATEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE KING OF OLYPUS, DAN T WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE CHAINED TO A ROCK TO HAVE HIS LIVER PECKED OUT!
de stijl,
It was his own house. If she threw the Y's ice cream out that they
were serving in her backyard, that would be okay.
Dan T-
That's exactly right. Ice cream and other treats should be strictly
rationed. I envision coupon books like we used for panty hose in
WW2.
What do you think, Dan, one serving per week?
We would have to figure out enforcement, too. I'm leaning towards
misdeamnor, unless one is trafficking in it. Should we set up an
enforcement bureau seperately from the cops, Dan?
Is this what you mean by being too easily available?
America has shown that people will eat too much junk if it's
made easily available to them.
Because it's a lot easier to locate a YMCA and hope it has an
ice-cream counter out front than it is to, oh, go shopping for
ice-cream. Unless the ultimate goal is to ban it there too. Nah,
that can't be.
Gilmore-
Nice find on the pic. She needs nothing more than a good boinking-
that would set all right!
...America has shown that people will eat too much junk if
it's made easily available to them.
thus spake Alice
Pitney....
Scott Stein is posting as Dan T :-)
I dare MeMe to pull that crap in Wisconsin. I bet that five
minutes after she sets foot in America's Dairyland she'll be
addicted to frozen custard.
Mmmmmmmmmmm.......
Custard.
The flavor of the day at my local hangout is Chocolate Raspberry
Torte!
Jay, don't forget that margarine colored to look like butter used
to be illegal in WI. People used to smuggle it over the Illinois
border.
Kevin
"What's an imbessil?"
A person who is somewhat smarter than an idjit and slightly dumber
than a maroon.
See the works of that well-known social commentator, B. Bunny, for
further explication.
Jay-
Good Idea, but who will volenteer for this dangerous mission? She's
so boney, you might break her.
Gilmore, no, no, and not even with your wee knee.
:-)
Nah, she's okay looking, but not hot as hell.
This MeMe chick defintiely needs her blood sugar checked. The
YMCA is going to press charges against her and she put out a
press release to celebrate it. The best line is the last
one:
MeMe Roth and family are temporarily residing in the
Philadelphia area, awaiting relocation to New York City.
"Awaiting relocation?" By who? Some World Health Organization
commando team that rounds up the svelte and blonde refugees of the
cheesesteak city in order to refresh the breeding stock for
Manhattan bond traders?
From the disclaimer at the bottom of her site (emphasis
mine):
"The information on this site is provided for educational and
entertainment purposes only."
kevrob-
What's your favorite? Kopps? Gilles? Leon's? Culver's?
I'm a Kopp's fan, personally.
I've been away working on a political campaign, as some of you may know, but am pleased to discover upon my return to H&R that Dan T. is carrying on the mission without me.
Dan T-
That's exactly right. Ice cream and other treats should be strictly
rationed. I envision coupon books like we used for panty hose in
WW2.
What do you think, Dan, one serving per week?
We would have to figure out enforcement, too. I'm leaning towards
misdeamnor, unless one is trafficking in it. Should we set up an
enforcement bureau seperately from the cops, Dan?
Is this what you mean by being too easily available?
You're making it too complicated. Junk food should be taxed.
Heavily. That will cause consumption to drop and raise revenue that
will be needed to deal with the health problems caused by the
stuff.
You're making it too complicated. Junk food should be taxed.
Heavily. That will cause consumption to drop and raise revenue that
will be needed to deal with the health problems caused by the
stuff.
That's more like it, Dan T. Quality troll.
>With 30% of America's children at risk for obesity and
diet-related diabetes
>>Aren't 100% of America's children at risk for obesity and
diet-related diabetes?
It's too bad she removed her old press release from her site. It
said that "gaining as little as 15 pounds after the age of 18
increases the risk of dying by X%."
Maybe someone pointed out the problem with that. Damn them if they
did.
I'm disappointed also that she took her society dame photo off of
her site. As if being named "MeMe" isn't enough, the vision of her
with a sleek blonde chignon, navy sheath, and clutchable pearls
around her neck, definitely revealed that she is in fact a lady who
lunches, who got a little too caught up in her civic duties.
I don't think it will improve her reputation among her peers when
this story gets out.
Dr. T.:
I used to bicycle twelve miles, round trip, to get a burger and a
cone at Kopp's in Glendale. It's a shorter trip to the nearest
Culver's, but a Bella's Fat Cat opened in my neighborhood a while
ago. Even worse, the pizza joint just behind my house has frozen
custard, along with tap microbrews and eleventy-seven versions of
fried everything. At least I have to climb stairs to get there! If
I had my druthers, I'd probably choose Kopp's, but I'm not that
picky.
Leon's is legendary, but I don't get to Da South Side too often,
ehna. Gillies is waythehellover on West Bluemound. It's practically
in `Stallis! They are the local original, though, and it is
excellent. The stuff sold in the grocery stores is nice, too, even
if it is produced by a different company.
My Mom told me that her Dad used to sell frozen custard at Coney
Island. My custard jones must be in my genes, like booze is for
alcoholics. :)
Kevin
That's more like it, Dan T. Quality troll.
I aim to please...if Dan T. didn't exist, you guys would invent
me.
I can't say I applaud her methods but the message is correct
- there's no good reason that an institution like the YMCA, which
supposedly is dedicated to promoting good health, should serve junk
food.
Jezus Dan, you are a full on, soft headed, fucking moron.
When I was a kid my folks sent me off to YMCA camp, where we (god
forbid) roasted marshmallows. One kid tried to put out his flaming
mallow by waving the stick around violently. The fiery mallow
melted free and burned the back of some kids head.
Anyway, even though that evil YMCA fed me mallows I've avoided
becoming an overeating tub of goo in my advanced years. Close call,
that.
Leon's is legendary, but I don't get to Da South Side too
often, ehna.
"South" Side? I believe you mean "Sout" Side.
This woman has flipped her wig. Look what she trademarked!
Secondhand Obesity™
JM:
Mary Poppins would've let the kids have their ice cream. "Just a
spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down..."
Hey, when Jesus saw the money changers' tables at the Temple
in Jerusalem he took action. Direct action, my friends.
Did he start a petition drive? Fuck, no! He got right up in their
grills and threw down.
That's it. Jesus loses a lot of his libertarian cred for initiating
violence and for not respecting property rights.
Ooh! It's still there! I didn't misremember.
"Additionally, gaining a modest 10-20 pounds after age 18
materially compromises one's health. According to the New England
Journal of Medicine and reported by the Center for Science in the
Public Interest (CSPI), gaining merely 10-20 pounds after age 18
increases your chance of dying by 15%."
http://www.prweb.com/releases/WomenObesity/BridesObesity/prweb420142.htm#
Jesus loses a lot of his libertarian cred for initiating
violence and for not respecting property rights.
Well, it was His Father's house. If the old man gave him permission
to knock over those tables, then it's all good.
Now, if it turned out that this mode of eviction violated the terms
of the contract signed by God and the money changers when they took
up residence in the Temple, then you could get God for infringing a
contract (which, in libertarian theology, is even more sacred than
Jesus :)
The flavor of the day at my local hangout is Chocolate
Raspberry Torte!
Now I've got me a chubby for some Culver's, the best custard there
is. Thanks, kevrob.
Good luck getting jurisdiction over the Big Fella,
thoreau.
Sure, he's omnipresent, but service of process would be a bitch.
And swearing him in? What a joke! ". . . . so help me, Me"?
That's it. Jesus loses a lot of his libertarian cred for
initiating violence and for not respecting property
rights.
Of course, property rights are a result of (and enforced by)
violence so you kind of have to choose one of the above...
R C, since you lived in Madison I'll forgive you for thinking
that Culver's is the best.
Come to Milwaukee and try Kopp's. There is no comparison!
"gaining merely 10-20 pounds after age 18 increases your chance
of dying by 15%."
Wow. That means, like, they have a 115% chance of dying, right?
gaining merely 10-20 pounds after age 18 increases your
chance of dying by 15%
Does this mean that if I hadn't gained those extra pounds, I would
now have only an 87% chance of dying? Fock!
You're making it too complicated. Junk food should be taxed.
Heavily.
I used to bicycle twelve miles, round trip, to get a burger and
a cone at Kopp's in Glendale.
People like kevrob shouldn't be taxed if they're taking care of
themselves by bicycling off the fat. Why not adopt Sullum's
suggestion and tax *fat people*? Heavily. What do you think? Is $10
a year for each pound over the taxpayer's ideal weight sufficient,
or do we need to jack it up to $50?
I like the fat tax idea. Let's make it law, then put full fat
ice cream carts on every other corner? That way, more people will
get fat and pay more taxes.
But before that, we'd need to institute the obnoxious idiot tax so
that we could also tax MeMe for pulling these stunts.
That will cause consumption to drop and raise revenue that
will be needed to deal with the health problems caused by the
stuff.
worked for tobackyy
"Additionally, gaining a modest 10-20 pounds after age 18
materially compromises one's health. According to the New England
Journal of Medicine and reported by the Center for Science in the
Public Interest (CSPI), gaining merely 10-20 pounds after age 18
increases your chance of dying by 15%."
Statements like the above really need to distinguish between
gaining fat and gaining muscle. I gained 20 pounds between the ages
of 18-22, but it was was 20 pounds of hard-earned muscle (and I've
gained even more muscle since then.)
I enjoy my wife rolling her eyes when I complain I haven't had
enough calories in a given day. I truly enjoy pumping iron, because
I truly enjoy eating.
Also, I now must try some of this frozen custard stuff, because it
sounds too good to be true.
They'll pry my sprinkles out of my
sticky-artificial-chocolate-and-caramel-syrup-covered cold dead
fingers.
Somebody had to say it.
A cubic inch of muscle weighs more than a cubic inch of body fat. The body mass index is the product of junk science.
Wine Commonsewer,
For the record (are we keeping records?), I am not posting as Dan
T. But it would save me some effort promoting my novel if he would
just change his name to Alice Pitney and link to her blog when he
comments about fattening food. Anyway, anyone who reads
Liberty can look for a review of Mean Martin Manning in
the July issue, out next month (in June). I also have an essay
appearing in that issue about the Virginia Tech shooter's creative
writing.
Shameless self-promotion, Alice. :-)
Nah, I was just kidding, Alice is a chick and Dan T is a guy. Plus
they never post at the same time. Wait.....
Here's something I find really comical (if someone else has pointed this out I apologise; I don't have time to read through the whole thread). Having gone to this woman's website, she complains that the movie character Shrek is hypocritical for promoting both junk food and exercise. (One as a product placement and the other as a public health campaign.) Umm, MeMe...isn't exercise a really good way of burning the calories you get from junk food, so that you can eat more of it?
it would seem that meme is a bit of a food essentialist. the issue is that junk food, like sin, marks the soul indelibly.
I can guarun-frikin-tee you that she has a secret stash of full-on junk food, somewhere in her house, just waiting for a good ol' secret gorging.
MeMe was on Hannity & Colmes last night saying that the new American Idol winner is obese and a bad role model. Classy!
The more I think about it, why are we even talking about this
freak? I looked her name up on the web. Most of the web postings
about her seem to come from:
A. Her own publicity releases
B. Cable News Talk Shows, Blogs, and Editorials all talking about
how annoying she is.
Here's a little idea. This woman is obviously an attention addict.
Since she wants to cure us of our food addiction, maybe it's time
we return the favour by curing HER addiction-by ignoring her.
She has probibly been reading and seeing all that poppycock agisnt fast food places prodused by jerks like MORGAN SPURLOCK we dont need any wheatgerm inhaling heath freaks dictatiing what we can or cant eat or drink she should be fed on a diet of bread and water and the YMCA should terminate her membership if she is going to act like a squaling brat
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