Junk Food Can Cause Type 2 Diabetes

Fast Food in America "We don 't walk. We overeat because we 've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we ' is all of us. It 's not the government. It

• Consuming fast food is also associated with poor health outcomes, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.5

The problem is that buying snacks very frequently can cost students a lot of money. Second, I often see some students eating junk food in class. The problem in this situation is when students eat in class, they often don’t pay much attention to what the professor says. More, students around the eaters can be affected by the sound of chewing and the smell of the food, leading to distraction. Also, eating too much junk food can cause obesity and other health problems. In the article “Effects of Junk Food on Health”, Gary Pearson points out that “the effect of junk food on health settles as bad as it could be especially when you eat too much of some”. He believes that junk food can affect the normal work of the heart, because too much cholesterol is absorbed in the body. And if there is too much plaque that results from cholesterol in vessels, the heart has to provide more energy to pump blood, which can cause people feel tired. Pearson explains that too much cholesterol can damage the liver, and then cause obesity. In another article “Reasons Eating Junk Food Is Not Good”, Tracey Roizman, D.C. points out that junk food can result in diabetes by elevating insulin levels. Also, junk food may lead to depression in teenagers. She gives data that consuming trans fats, saturated fats and processed food is associated with up to 58 percent increase in risk of depression.

In the article Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Young Adults: A New Epidemic by Francine Ratner Kaufman mentions that in the past decade there has been an increase in child obesity usually causing the diagnoses of type two diabetes in children. In this past decade there has been an over all eight to forty five percent increase. The increase of this diagnosis is now being referred to as the diabetes epidemic. According to Medical News Today, diabetes is also mentioned as the diabetes mellitus; it is a disorder in which a person has high blood glucose levels, because there is not enough insulin production or because the body does not respond to the insulin itself. People with this disorder experience frequent urination, extreme thirst, and increased hunger. Healthier school lunches will lead to healthier nutritional choices throughout the children’s life. Through making healthier school lunches normal, which include junk food as opposed to the children’s exceptions, he/she will unintentionally learn about nutrition, healthier meals and increase their knowledge about why eating healthy is a worthy choice. Children who are provided with sugary and fatty foods at school or at their homes can develop poor eating habits that can last a lifetime. If a children’s eating habit needs to be changed there is no better place than school, because it is where he/she spends most of his/her

America is one of the fattest countries in the world and is getting fatter by the second. Fast food used to be simple, small portions, less calories, and even simple menus. Now wherever you turn, there is a restaurant just right around the corner. Just in the past ten years

people who eat too much junk food or not enough food are at a very high risk for

Over the years food has gone from essentially healthy to very unhealthy. Fast food is the number one problem people face everyday in their lives. Due to the fact of different types of fast food places people have available to them and the unlimited supply of options. This has lead to people making poor choices that cause problems in their lives. The unhealthy fast foods people have chosen to eat has lead people to sue the fast food industry because people are becoming obese. The problem is that people do not know how to read the nutrition labels correctly which has lead to companies being sued. This is a problem that needs to be solved by both parties, the consumers and the food industries. People need to be educated on how to properly: manage

Childhood obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled for adolescents in the last thirty years. Obesity and overweight rates in children are higher among families living below the poverty line. The diabetes rate is higher in children living in poverty. Families that are living in poverty cannot afford the fresh

Is Junk food killing America? Is junk food the main reason why many people develop diabetes and become overweight? A lot of school’s fail to provide enough nutrition in lunches, many parents can atleast help by packing healthy lunches, instead of their children eating junk food or not even eating at all. Although some people think eating junk food is quick and simple, and can be more affordable when it’s time to go grocery shopping, and it can cost less at school. Junk food should be eliminated at schools and should atleast have a limit outside of school. Junk food can cause many health issues,and can have mind blowing effects on your body. Even though junk food taste great, it’s not good for you.

Obesity is a high risk factor for type 2-diabetes. In recent years, the number of children between the ages of 6-11 years suffering from being overweight doubled and in the age range from 12 to 19 years old***(.2010). Obesity spread from adults to adolescents. It effects a lot of children in the USA because of health care costs and poorer lifestyles.

So what is type II diabetes? Type II diabetes occurs According to the American Heart Association, most Americans consume twice as much sugar as is recommended for their optimal health. Trans fatty acid that is found in fast food are known to raise LDL cholesterol levels (Low-Density Lipoprotein) which is the unwanted kind of cholesterol and may increase the risk of developing type II diabetes.

The increasing crisis of obesity and health related problems due to the amount of junk food one consumes is slowly, but surely becoming a problem in America. For decades, the food we consume has developed for the worse; food is not grown locally anymore and has many added preservatives and

Provided that, junk food lacks on nutritional deficiencies and cause type 2 diabetes. Nutritional deficiencies are for example iron, vitamin B, E, A, and D, also fiber. Without any of our vitamins our body will not function at all. You will lack energy and motivation if you just continue eating junk food. This can cause type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is when your blood level can no longer regulate. This happens when you just but a lot of sugary food in your system and avoid the healthy food. A lot of people do not know that type 2 diabetes is not curable. It is important to know that it is okay to have some junks food here and there but to always have healthy food as well to avoid type 2 diabetes.

Another negative effect of fast food is that overeating causes young adults and teens to gain extra weight as well as facing an increased risk of the development of insulin resistance. The development of insulin resistance is a risk factor for the type 2 diabetes. Researchers have found that diabetes is also a major risk factor for heart disease.

Obesity is now a common thing in America, from children to adults. Over the years fast food advertisements have skyrocketed the marketing for bad foods. In “Don 't Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko states “Before 1994, diabetes in children was generally caused by genetic disorder…. Today according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country.”(4) He is basically saying that because of the rising in obesity, there has been more children with diabetes than in 1994. This is a very serious issue because many children are now at risk of developing diabetes by their teenage years. As Zinczenko addresses “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention