Essay on Fast Food Is So Unhealthy, Troy Is the Alternative

David states, “But where, exactly, are consumers-particular teenagers-supposed to find healthy alternatives? Drive down, and thoroughfare in America, and I guarantee you’ll see one of our country’s more than 13,000 McDonalds restaurant. Now, drive back up to the block, and try to find someplace to buy a grapefruit (463).” David’s point is that fast food restaurants don’t offer healthy alternatives, and there are several fast food restaurants in America which are tempting. While David has a decent point, he fails to convince me since Fast food restaurants offer healthy alternatives such as wraps, fruits, and salads. A fast food restaurant such as subway offers healthier options than McDonalds. There are similarly numerous grocery stores which sell nutritious vegetables, and fresh fruits. A grocery store such as food lion sells pre-made, and pre-packed salads, and wraps at a low-cost. It’s the consumer choice to either but a big packet of fries with coke or to eat a healthy grilled wrap with a cup of

Of course it is much easier to find a fast food restaurant with unhealthy food than it is a grocery store with healthy food, it is still up to the parents to teach the youth proper healthy eating and living.If people expect different results, they have to work for them.

To begin with, fast-food restaurants should be held accountable for one’s obesity problem for their limited selection on healthy food. Fast-food restaurants have a large variety of junk food in their menus; in addition, they constantly add new items for each season. While their junk food menu grows, the healthy menu stays the same with their usual salad and salad wrap. In most menus

In addition, although we have always heard that fast food has a reputation for being high in calories and fat that is slowly changing with the increasing awareness of populations on their health and effects of high fat foods to their health. There are increasing demand for healthy food options. Therefore, just about every fast food restaurants offers some kind of healthy alternatives

In addition, a lot of money is being wasted on fast food when they can have a home meal. Some people think it is better just going to a fast food place because they would have the food already done for them, but they

Sad think about are american fast food productions is 8/10 americans to this day say about fast food is served to them monthly as alone or even with family. Eating these foods cause major circulatory system malfunction from not only heart attack diseases but the hidden ingredients that we just accept as a natural disease much claim but it could be the propylene glycol that is continuously sprayed on top of are salads. From my sources of the web a lady named michelle crouch says on november 2012, “what surprising secrets about your favorite foods better think twice before eating”.. Shown facts proven and recorded from this lady saying actually good things about this topic like only as coming in at 11:am to 1:00pm would be the freshest time to be served.

It is all too easy to blame a person’s eating habits for their health problems such as obesity and diabetes, but if one were to take a step back and look at the big picture of that person’s life they would quickly understand it is not entirely that person’s fault. In a society that highly values speed and efficiency, fast food has quickly become a popular choice thanks to its ability to provide quick meals at low prices. This popularity has made it possible for fast food restaurants to dominate the streets, resulting in fewer healthy food options. Fast food is wreaking havoc across the nation due to it being readily available, fast food companies not providing enough information on their foods, and it has contributed to our nations growing

Fast food is one of the easiest ways to get food and eat it in a hurry. More people have been eating fast food rather than eating at home for years. The rate of fast food consumption has not slowed in over fifteen years (North). Americans in today’s society are busier than they have been. With people being busy they cannot find an easy way to make dinner, so they go to fast food restaurants to get food on the go. Many Americans also believe they are too busy to go shopping for groceries. Being busy is not the only thing that makes people eat fast food on the go. Why are numerous Americans eating fast food and not homemade food? Fast food is convenient and cheap for people who do not have time to cook or if they are too lazy. Advertisements encourage Americans to eat fast food as well.

Fast food is synonymous with bad health. Rarely can you find a fast food restaurant that doesn’t include hamburgers and french fries. Fast food corporations are constantly trying to find ways to innovate their approaches to draw in crowds, and most important of all, to rake in the cash. Most decisions in the corporate world are made because of money; For example, the rise in reboots in the movie industry can be attributed to the assumption that reboots of famous movie franchises are guaranteed money makers. Because of this, the fast food industry does not care about the health effects of its consumers. Occasionally, a restaurant will introduce healthier items to the menu in an effort to get health-conscious customers. For example, Domino’s Pizza recently introduced salads to their menu, so people who want pizza and people who want salad can compromise and still end up going to Domino’s. Even this marketing ploy is aimed at receiving an influx of cash. With obesity, heart disease, and cancer on the rise, it may be time to evaluate the fast food industry and wonder whether or not easily accessed, cheap food is worth the health risks.

Fast food companies have completely taken over the world. Rachel Tepper, the Associate Food Editor for The Huffington Post, found that Mcdonald's operates 14,157 units in America alone. Due to the typical fast pace of American life, people of society tend to take the “easy way out” when it comes to dining and many chose to stop at a drive through instead of taking the time to prepare a dinner. Most Americans are completely aware that the fast food establishments they frequently eat at or drive through are detrimental to their health, yet they choose to eat them anyway, because it’s said to be more convenient.

“According to a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, one-third of the U.S. diet consists of junk or fast food” (Orel “Eating Yourself to Death”). The delicious taste and quick preparation helped fast food became popular very quickly. Fast food is a quick choice for satisfying hunger but it is not healthy and does not contain the proper nutrients. Its ingredients contains lots of unnatural products, which can be unhealthy. People who are constant

Often considered the pinnacle of American cuisine, fast-food’s cheap, convenient, tasty, and easy access has been a staple of the American culture and diet for decades. From the giant golden arches of McDonald’s, to the “Eat More Chikin” endorsing cows of Chick-Fil-A, the fast-food industry in America has exponentially and financially grown to be a massive, business empire. According to Spector’s “Freedom from Fries”, McDonald’s alone is responsible for feeding more than a million Americans a day and making fifty billion hamburgers a year. Like precious, precious oxygen, most Americans depend on fast-food to live and, in extreme cases, have become obsessed and addicted to it. In fact, the fast-food industry is frequently blamed and periodically sued for contributing to the obesity epidemic in America. Settlements and court cases such as Pelmann v. McDonald’s, in which the restaurant was sued for misleading nutritional information, highlight the medical problems of many outside eaters and has resulted in several fast-food empires to drastically change their menus by adding healthier alternatives (Mattis). Apple-like slices and milk product cartons have substituted french fries and sodas on occasion, but has not replaced them. Despite the threats and curses for contributing to the obesity outbreak, the fast-food industry continues to thrive and be financially successful. As a business, it has utilized and taken advantage of both the non-health conscious and health-conscious

When was the last time you picked up fast food for a quick meal? Was it yesterday for lunch, today for dinner? According to nutrition writer Alex Lenhoff “the average American eats fast food 159 times a year. That's [three] times a week” (Lenhoff). Americans are consistently eating “fast” food, without realizing the effects it has on their bodies. Sure, a large order of fries may taste delicious while indulging them, but what about the delicious calories and fat that come along with it? The National Health Service has stated “the average male adult needs approximately 2,500 calories [daily]” (NHS). A normal fast food meal contains roughly fifteen hundred calories. That means in just one quick stop, they have consumed almost half of their limit for the entire day. Therefore, it is no shocker that one in three Americans in the United States are obese. Fast food has become a large contributor to obesity in America. The intake of its unhealthy effects must be lessened, resolved by simply making it more expensive. Americans will not choose to eat out as much, if it significantly burns a hole in their pocket. Placing a higher tax on fast food will not only resolve American obesity but will also put a stop to unhealthy lifestyles.

As busy college students or parents looking to save money, fast food seems to be the easiest answer. However, inside that burger is high amounts of calories, fat, sodium, sugar and cholesterol with a risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and more. With all of this in mind, is the cheap price and relative quickness worth it? The prominence of fast food in the lives of Americans is worrisome, for 38% of adults over 20 and 21% of adolescents 12-19 suffer from obesity. Fast food also targets kids with their catchy songs, playgrounds, and toys within kid’s meals. Because fast food is easily attainable due to the prices and numerous locations, it provides a solution for busy families and those looking to save money. However, too much of it leads down a possible life-threatening path.

Fast food is the most popular food in the United States. There already is over 200.000 restaurants in America, such as Jack in the Box, McDonald's, In and Out, and have 50 million people Americans eat at one of them in a single day, and fast food industries can earn $200 billion as their profits for every year . In addition, the attraction of fast food is not only by their low prices, which is affordable by any society class, but also they provide multiple flavor available for people choosing. However, America has the most obese people compared to any other single country, the main reason is that people cannot control themselves for eating fast food, which contains a high calorie and fat. If people intake of fat and calorie excessively, which will lead to people have health problems, such as obesity, heart attack, and other health issues. Even though the negative aspect of eating fast food is horrible. In contrast, it can give people benefits that other restaurant cannot, such as saving time for waiting the food be cooked, prices are cheap and easy to earn money. Currently, fast food restaurant tends to grow rapidly, and it offers a variety of options that positively benefit society.