society think that fast food restaurant 's cause obesity, but they most likely do not. It is a person’s choice of what they put in their body. Even though thousands of fast food restaurants have to follow certain pricing standards, their cheap food is usually unhealthy and their expensive food is usually healthy, the amount of individual responsibility depends on whether you keep your weight normal or if you don’t pay attention to your weight, and the amount of fast food restaurants responsibility depends
for obesity is because of the fast food restaurants feeding citizens unhealthy food. Fast food restaurants are the cause of obesity. In the article “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko who is an American author, Founder and CEO of Galvanized Media explains how a fast food restaurant was sued for causing a person to become diagnosed with obesity. In this article, Zinczenko spoke about how consumers have a right as an American citizen to blame fast food restaurants for our health. Based on Zinczenko
Fast –food Industries are to be Blame for Obesity Visualize the world somewhere a school-age child can step out of his school and walk into a McDonalds. Fast-food causes an array of problems in your body. The food is often high in sugar, fat, and calories while providing very few nutrients. The obesity epidemic Americans face today is a growing problem that affects more than half of the population with growing body sizes and serious medical problems associated with obesity. It is a problem that
"Fast food is popular because it 's convenient, it 's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu," was said by Eric Schlosser. Several people in America have become dependent on fast foods. How many of the people who eat this food actually know what is really in the food or how it was made? Others don 't think about it, because within ordering, three minutes later a customer can pull up to the window, pay, and get food. It is quick and cheap. The United
Fast Food Restaurants: Why They are Popular and the effects of their Popularity According to the 2016 article Children and Fast Food,” More than one-third of American children and adolescents ate some form of fast food every day in the mid-2010’s.” That is a high number of children eating fast food daily and it is only becoming higher and higher as time goes on because most people are not willing to change their eating habits. People think since the last five years there has been such a craze for
the have eaten regularly at fast food restaurants. As the obesity rate increases, the number of fast food restaurants goes up as well. Although it is not certain, many believe that obesity in the United States is correlated to eating fast food. Since the United States has the highest obesity rate out of any country, it is important for Americans to monitor the fast food industry that may be causing obesity. With the pressure to get things done in a timely manner, fast food became a big necessity. However
go and have a fast food meal. Having a fast food meal is way easier than cooking your own meal and waiting for it to be ready. Fast food is so popular all over the world. Today, fast food restaurants are everywhere. Many people depend on these fast food restaurants twice or thrice a week. This confirms why most of children today suffer from obesity and most of them are over weight. Dr. Ananya Andel (n.d.) writes, “Studies have shown that over the past four decades, consumption of food eaten away from
Title: FAST FOOD POPULARITY A. Introduction: Nowadays, most people -especially kids and youngsters- prefer to eat fast food, such as McDonald, pizza, fried food, and etc. Why it has become so popular? It is tastes better than homemade food? B. General Statement: Fast food industry has grown dramatically and become so popular. According to the research, people spend more money on fast food than the education. McDonald, Burger King and Subway are the most popular fast food company. C. Thesis statement:
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 's all of us doing this together.”(Mehmet Oz). Fast food has been affecting Americans lives since the 1919’s and 1920’s where the first fast food restaurant originated. They were called A&W in 1919 and White Castle in 1921. More than 3 million cases of obesity in America happen a year. Over time the frequency
availability of inexpensive, calorie-dense foods and the engineering of physical activity out of daily life (Maddock, 2005). He hypothesized that “the prevalence and unequal distribution of fast-food restaurants throughout the United States could influence the differences in state obesity rates” (Maddock, 2005, p. 137). Consumption of food away from home and the rate of consumption of fast food correlate to body mass. He also stated that the consumption of fast food increased by over 200% within 1977 to