Junk food
The food which contains high level of calories, but low level of nutrition. In the past, people are very conscious about their food and they only like to eat home-prepared, fresh and healthy food in their homes. But now the trend has been changed specially the young generation like to eat fast or junk food like hamburgers, fried chicken, burgers, shawarma and pizza. Everyone needs food it is a very demanding thing (Cassie).
To produced and control the food are very important issues. In many countries, people have no food to eat, but in developed countries like US people have money to eat junk food and it was researched that unhealthy and junk food are the second biggest cause of killing people after smoking. In US, young people used junk food and 60 percent population is considered obese. Why the trend has been changed? There are many reasons of this change ((Teresa, Martindale, & Brownlee).
The main cause of eating junk or fast food is change in the lifestyle of people. Due to technological advancement, the life style of people is changing very rapidly. People are working long hours, shifts and they have no time to prepared food in home. Because women also worked in offices and they also have no time to prepared food for their families. A Large part of population consists on young and wealthy people this is another cause of using junk food. Due to rapid growth and development in the countries, young people have more money to spend on junk food (Rupavate).
The use
Fast food eateries are one of the main, if not the primary, reason behind obesity in the United States. Fast food, what many people for the most part view as a speedy approach to get some nourishment, is really killing a large number of individuals than you may suspect. In this current time, nearly everybody realizes that fast food isn 't especially the best thing for you to eat, yet that won 't verge on preventing us from eating it. Diverse things play a component with respect to why we as a whole eat fast food. It could be a money related circumstance, a little or extensive depending on the oily stuff, or only a requirement for snappy sustenance.
We live in a world that is in a continuous process of transformation, considering that progress manages to control all the aspects of individual's life. Being part of a society which is always changing makes it essential for people have to adapt to all these aspects. One of the biggest problems for the American society is that it has no time to eat, since it is always on the run. Fast food came as the greatest solution for this problem. Since the process of modernization of the American society is accelerated day by day, the fast food industry has gained its place on the market. Even if individuals are well aware of the problems they can and will encounter if they eat fast food, they are forced by the circumstances to fall back on it.
I thought it was just because calories just increased in the foods because of more sugar and other additives in the foods, but I did not think about how it was also the portion size that has dramatically changed that could have caused the obesity increase in America. By increasing the portion size of foods, it is easy for people to eat whatever they get. Especially since when we were little, our parents always told us to finish everything on out plates. This therefore leads to people just eating everything on their plate in restaurants or other places where the portion sized
There are various amount of issues to be blamed for by leading an increased amount of fast food which causes obesity in the society. With no doubts fast food plays a huge role in the obesity which is very common in society. Throughout the 1700’s fast food businesses was not a huge impact however later in year many fast food companies have been created rapidly. This not only shows that people started to buy fast food because it was everywhere but, it started to cause society health problem. One of the causes was that even skinny people that seemed to be healthy had diseases that lead obesity this not only shows that overweight people suffer from obesity but, also skinny people. This disastrous disease impacted people’s health and made people
Foremost of all, like I had mentioned before, the rate of obesity, heart diseases and diabetes is growing than it ever had. There are over 29 million cases of diabetes last year, more than 700 thousands people died each year because of heart attacks, and about 3 million cases of obesity per year in the U.S. The causes of those problems are really simple yet complex, it's each person's taste, conditions and their way of thinking for themselves. Example, you go to McDonald, ordered a Big Mac, Coke and some French fries like a habit, because those are your favorite but not realize how bad the choices of food you just made, and just let’s them all slowly destroy your body afterwards. It's normal for Americans to eat fast foods, refined and processed food, sweets and high fat or carbohydrate foods since they're too popular and common in our culture, but these are food that needs to be limited instead of to be overeating.
On the other hand, the major concern right is to fight that problem starting with the children since as most of the children attend to become adults in following unhealthy food, drinks so they can become bigger so they can look older by getting that size faster. The other type of children are trying only following the same habit because of their parents, and that depends on the way the parent living. Parent are buzzy due to live demands, and most of them work two or even three jobs. That will lead the parent to rely more on the fast food rather than have some time to make a healthy homemade food.
There has been in increase an childhood obesity in America. The reasons are fast food is cheaper than healthy food, most kids do not go outside because of technology, and if parents do not eat healthy, usually their kids do not eat healthy.
Shifts in the “Food Marketplace” have greatly affected our food choices and habits in the last 40-50 years. As one woman stated in the film The Weight of the Nation, “It’s so hard to combat with what the tv is telling you to feed your kids”. Advertising has come to a whole new level in our generation; you can’t turn on the television without seeing an advertisement for fast food or something equally as unhealthy. As another woman put it, “you are taught that you can eat anywhere, anytime of day, and that eating is a glorious thing”. Another shift that has occurred is an economic one. If you go into a poor neighborhood corner store like they did in the film, you would see chips, sugar, sweets, etc. All of these unhealthy foods are cheap, incredibly cheaper than fresh fruits and vegetables. Obesity rates in these poor areas are much higher than in areas with a higher average income. Culturally, our country is changing to one that is always moving; we don’t have time to prepare a meal for the whole family. It’s much quicker to buy unhealthy fast food that you know your family will enjoy than to prepare a healthy meal that they will grudgingly consume. The film mentioned that our bodies were originally built for scarcity. We are wired to react to things that are sweet and contain a lot of fat because when an animal was killed we had to be able to eat as much of it as possible. The signals telling us to stop eating had to be overridden. Now, we consume so much fat and sugar not
Wake up look at what the fast food industry is causing and how it is affecting many people and especially teens and kids. The fast food industry has become very clever throughout the years, making us eat more with their special deals and bigger serving sizes. These companies are getting worse and worse and it will keep happening if nothing against this process is done. Various factors have changed since the 70s to the present day such as changes in serving size and proportions causing excessive consumptions of these foods. Thanks to the so ever convenient and cheap prices of these foods compared to the prices of healthy foods like fresh produce used to make homemade food that are healthier than fast food junk. Ever since
The fast food is high in fat and an added drink is nothing but sugar. Another factor of a bad diet is over eating or portion size, “Consuming large portions, in addition to frequent snacking on highly caloric foods, contribute to an excessive caloric intake” (Sahoo par 17). Well, unhealthy food is high in calories, it doesn’t fill you up, these calories are known as empty calories. This means kids are eating more calories than they need without even realizing it. When children pick up these bad eating habits young they tend to stick. When eating a plethora of calories daily, exercise is needed to burn the extra calories the body doesn’t need. Children who are not exercising enough and eating too many calories causes obesity. According to the Mayo Clinic, a medical research group, sedentary activities like playing video games have become a huge factor in childhood obesity. Children who are not exercising are not burning calories meaning they are more likely to gain weight (Staff par. 7). With the increase in technology such as cell phones, video games, and computers, children are not getting enough exercise. Children used to get daily exercise in school through PE and
Smoking is the single highest cause of preventable death in America and puts users at significantly greater risk for disease compared to the rest of the population. Tobacco use costs the U.S. more than 289 billion dollars annually in medical expenses and lost productivity (Surgeon General, 2014). The problems associated with smoking are due in part to its addictiveness. Nicotine is the addictive substance found in tobacco and its chemical dependence is as strong as heroin, cocaine, or alcohol (CDC, 2014). Getting all smokers to quit entirely is not realistic due to nicotine’s addictive characteristics.
Americans are more obese than they´ve ever been before, the cause of the obesity? Fast food. Fast food has made such an impact since the early 1900s from small town restaurants to international corporations with thousands of restaurants centered in all of the major cities across the world; fast food has made such an impact in everything we can possibly think of, but not in a good way. Its no secret that fast food is bad for you, numerous documentaries has sprung up over the years and while that has brought more facts about fast food to light they have hardly even dented the growth that the fast food industry has gained and while millennials have been eyeing places like Chipotle, and Panera Bread; fast food consumption has continued to rise
“Trends: Obesity” basically speaks for itself. The article explains how this is a trend that has been going on for years and it would nice for once to stop a huge nationwide issue from growing and becoming more of a trend than it already is. A lawsuit was brought up against McDonald’s in 2002 for being blames on obesity and reasons for having heart diseases. The case spread awareness on how obesity was an issue in the U.S. Fast food restaurants were encouraged to sell healthier food but when it came to the customers choosing what to eat, most of them still ended up picking unhealthy decisions. Besides fast food industries who also try to sell healthier meals will probably make it overpriced. More people demand to eat junk food so the industries
According to the Household Food Security in the US in 2013, some people experience food insecurity. Food insecurity is the access to adequate food is limited by money or other resources. Obesity is one of the top health problem in America and this is due to eating habits. Junk food is what people can afford. While eating junk food people are consuming more calories. According to the article “Fast Food Linked to Child Obesity” by Jaime Holguin about one third of children aged 4 to 19 eat fast food. This will lead to an increase in weight and obesity.
The population of America is becoming more aware of the importance of good nutrition. Ironically the people are becoming increasingly less healthy. In the 1960's the nation ate healthier but knew less about nutrition. The foods that the teenagers consume today contributes to the increasing weight and decreasing health of the nation. Many outside factors determine the eating habits of teenagers today.