] People may have laughed 16 months ago when obese
] teenagers unsuccessfully sued McDonald's, saying its food
] made them fat. But a well-honed army of familiar lawyers
] who waged war against the tobacco companies for decades
] and won megamillion-dollar settlements is preparing a new
] wave of food fights, and no one is laughing.

The New York Times : National : Lawyers Shift Focus From Big Tobacco to Big Food