Eh, guys, it isn't the hamburger you get at Burger King or McDonalds in particular that represent a direct threat, it's the French fries. Although it's not good to eat only one type of food, the hamburgers served, at least in Norway, usually are of the same quality as those you would make yourself at home, and are just as healthy as any other food that involves the same meat (as long as it's cooked right) and groceries. The mineral water, French fries and general laziness that comes with people that eat fast food daily is what's hurting them, not the hamburger.
Ecological food costs more, yes, but it's so much better - not only is it mostly healthier, it also has more and better taste. It's worth every bit of the extra few bucks. Before ecological tomatoes, tomatoes tasted more or less like water, ie nothing, now they taste good - the ecological ones, that is.
At some point, governments will learn to appreciate healthier solutions and twist the expenses in such a way that the healthy food becomes cheap. It's not difficult to achieve that, just look at how ridiculously high the prices have become on tobacco in Norway the last few years. I mean, when it's come to the point where it is cheaper to drive over to Sweden to buy tobacco once a week, then that is an actual problem. Though let's not take that debate now, it's just an example of how the government can manipulate the prices. The problem though, is that the government tends to believe in the goodwill of people, and expect them to go for the healthiest or best solution regardless of the price, and thus often increases the taxes on wares that are healthier and/or better. For instance the "biogas" that lately has been hyped up because it's less damaging to our atmosphere when cars run on this instead of petrol - the Norwegian government reacted with increased taxes for the sale of "biogas" resulting in near bankruptcy (I'm not quite up to date on the matter) for the only company in Norway selling "biogas" for cars. Incredible.
/rant
(and she enjoys that)
