Negative Effects Of Fast Food

Today, gentrification has become a huge systematic problem especially in urban neighborhoods. Many fast food restaurants are being planted in areas where the vast majority of African Americans live. The nearest supermarket that sell fresh fruit and vegetables to urban areas are usually five or more miles away which means that many people are unable to travel to supermarkets. Also, these supermarkets have limited hours or they sell expensive food which makes it nearly impossible to purchase food for themselves or for their family. “African Americans are 1.4 times as likely as whites to have high blood pressure.” (Aetna) This makes it easier to purchase more unhealthy food that can

Every day, nearly one-third of U.S. children ages four to nineteen eat from a fast food restaurant this adds on about six extra pounds per child every year and increases their risk of obesity (Fast Food). In my research I learned a lot about the health risks that come with eating fast food. Fast food causes childhood obesity rates in America to increase because of its convenience, ingredients, and lack of telling people what is in the food.

Did you know that 30% of children ages 6 to 11 are overweight? 15.3% of children ages 6 to 11 are obese? The impact obesity has on a child can become life changing. “According to the CDC if current trends continue, 1 of 3 U.S. adults will have diabetes by 2050” (Evans, W, 2006). Behind the mask of obesity is a child that falls into the trap of fast food advertisement. Overall, the fast food industry should be more socially responsible and not direct their marketing strategy of unhealthy food choices to children; this will cut down the percentage of children suffering from childhood obesity that leads to various health issues.

What started as a tasty snack to a consumer and an easy buck for the producer, had evolved into a national epidemic. Not only were American becoming obese, but fast food began to dominate the

Because fast food is cheap, and easy to obtain, in the 1920s, Americans spent ¼ of their average income on food to support their family; and now in current time, Americans only spend 1/10 of their income, or

In Vietnam, there are only a few fast food restaurants such as KFC and recently McDonald. To be honest, I didn’t eat fast food before until I came to The United States. I Overwhelmed by so many of them because fast food restaurants are located everywhere. Eating fast food is one the many reasons why American people have highest obesity rate in the world. Besides that, lack of health lifestyle, physical inactivity will lead to many deadly diseases and one of them is diabetes. In 2012, there are 29.1 million people are having a problem with diabetes and 69,071 people death which is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States (Statistic about Diabetes). Diabetes can be defined as a serious long-term disease that occur when out body cannot produce enough insulin or do not regulate insulin properly so that causes the high level of glucose in the blood (Diabetes Mellitus). Glucose plays an important role in our body which requires glucose for its most paramount functions. Glucose is the main source of energy to help our body perform and process every task every day. There are many forms of diabetes, but the major forms are diabetes type I and type II. Type I mostly occur to children and teenager, so scientist call it as juvenile diabetes. Type I is caused by immune system attacks and wrongly identifies the cell within the pancreas that produce insulin; therefore, the patients will not produce insulin or

Fast food, the highly addictive food that many people can not go a day without eating. In our society today fast food has become the “norm” when we are looking for something to eat, causing our society to accept it as something to be eaten ALL the time. Fast food can affect our bodies more than most people comprehend. According to the United States Healthful Food Council, they say 8 out of 10 people eat fast food monthly and half say they even eat it weekly. By ingesting these large amounts of fatty, salty, and sweet foods, children and adults are becoming increasingly obese. Fast food causes long term negative health effects and is a direct contributor to America 's increasing obesity problems.

When you go out and buy a burger or a soft drink do you ever think about the consequences of what you’re putting into your body? One of the growing epidemics in America is the fact that people seem to be eating too much fast food that is causing obesity. Not only does fast food cause obesity but you are also at risk of other illnesses such as, heart disease, diabetes, and blood pressure. The leading cause is due to all the fast food that we have available at all times. Everywhere you look you see billboards, commercials, and restaurants. Fast food is also very addictive and is what can cause a person to become obese. And it also has a lot to do where you surround yourself, where you live, and even the people you are around that can

Fast food has came to be very popular in today 's society even with all of the negative affects that it carries with it. In 1970, there were about 30,000 fast-food restaurants in the United States; that number increased to 222,000 by 2001 (Therien,1). With the increase in fast food restaurants the number of people that are obese has also increased and fast food options provide a quick, effortless meal (Sharkly, Johnson, Dean, and Horel,1). Many people like convenience after a long day of work even if they know that fast food is highly processed and contains large amounts of carbohydrates, added sugar, unhealthy fats and salt (Carey,4). Fast food doesn’t just affect a person’s body weight, it also has the possibility to affect academic performance (Woodhouse,1). Fast food often contains too many calories and not enough nutrition (Pietrangelo,1). If fast food is consumed on a daily basis, obesity will come to be a factor in someone’s health history. Many different contributors have lead to the fast growth of the fast food industry. Will people learn how horrible fast food is for themselves? What has caused this fast food revolution to grow at such a speedy rate, and what could be done to amend some of the issues that have surfaced with it? The intriguing, cheap price of McDonald’s and other fast food chains is very tempting. Therefore, it is important for everyone to be more aware of one’s own choices and set a better example for others.

Quick, delicious, and hot that’s all people think when they are getting fast food for them and their family so they went have to cook. You can get fast food almost on every corner of a street and on any continent you go to. Fast food is now starting to invade non fast food eater’s lives by offering so called health items on the menu. Fast food is everywhere and people don’t consider what’s in the fast food they eat. What it could do to our health and why you feel sluggish, and when I go will I get a rude employee because her boss was angry at her, how people gain weight and overweight people still eating fast food.

Is fast food satisfying your body's needs? Restaurants such as McDonalds or Burger King may please your taste buds, and for a short period of time, satisfy your hunger, but is fast food satisfying your body? Though fast food is usually defined as a quick filling meal, a more accurate definition is a meal overflowing with calories, but has no lasting nutritional value.

I began this study with the premise that many youths living in an affluent nation were facing future health risks due to mal nutrition and physical inactivity. The research method of crystallization encouraged me to gather and view evidence using a variety of disciplines, and multiple lenses to support my theory. My study was inclusive of peer reviewed research studies, books, and interviews. As a component of my study, I visually deepened my inquiry through the use of photographic evidence.

Intro: It is known that there are major issues with the Fast Food Industry and the impact on teens. Constantly teens are taken advantage of as being naive and or underrepresented

Over the years “nearly seventy-eight million adults and thirteen million children in the United States deal with the health and emotional effects of obesity every day”. (http://www.heart.org) The cause of these outbreaks of obesity are from fast food restaurants. People these days work too much and when they get home they are hungry and tired. When you’re just exhausted from work and tired the first thing that comes to your mind is that you don’t want to cook anything because you’re going to have to cook your food and clean up your mess. This is where fast food restaurants come to place when people get out of work or school they either go to McDonald’s or Carl’s Jr or any fast food restaurants they choose to go to and eat. In return, they go there every time and eat, this becomes a habit for some people and results show it Nearly seventy eight million adults and thirteen million children in the United States deal with health and emotional effects of obesity every day.

If you’re on your lunch break and you’re hungry, what is the quickest and simplest thing to do? While some people choose to do meal preps, most people will commonly go get fast food. Although, fast food might be the simplest, quickest, and cheapest option, it most certainly will not be the best option for you. Unfortunately, what many people do not realize and need to be aware of is what they are actually putting into their bodies, and the harmful effects it can have on their health both physically and mentally. Even though fast food restaurants might advertise that the food is nutritious, it more than likely isn’t. There are many reasons why people should stray away from fast food, the three biggest reasons are; obesity, higher risk of kidney and heart disease, and not to mention the fact that you simply do not know what you’re eating.