Obesity Speech
It’s a Friday night and your tiered from a long week at school. Your tummy starts to rumble and the thought of a McDonald’s makes your mouth water. This idea of a quick suppression to our hunger entices us. Before long we have eaten our 550 calories Big Mac, salty chips that are worth 340 calories and gulped down a milkshake at 530 calories and it’s not long after that when we are looking for our next meal. We may not realize it, but this simple act plays a massive part in what’s destroying the generation.
Recent statistics show that in the UK nearly 20% of 15 year olds are obese. Our generation has already been effected by obesity badly and it is guaranteed to get worse. If obesity and obesity related diseases are the second leading cause of preventable deaths in the UK, I am scared to think how this will rise in 20 years. We need to find a solution before everything spirals out of control. We need to stop obesity at its core.
Because we live in a time-is-money society the most efficient means of hunger satisfaction is the almighty drive-through. With Britain catching on to the lack of healthy food options in the fast food nation, fast food chains began campaigning healthier food such as their salads and fruit cups. The average teenager may decide to go for these options instead but don’t be fooled, these may sound like a healthier meal but a Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken from McDonald's has 320 calories and 90 grams of fat. Now ask yourself, where's the "healthy" in that?
If the government wants to stop the nation from becoming obese, it would make common sense killing the main source of fatty and unhealthy foods. Ask yourself this, what if fast food companies were not allowed to advertise their calorific foods? What if a large amount of tax was put on fast foods meaning people would have to pay a lot more? What if the drive-through was banned? I am convinced these simple acts could change obesity levels for the good.
Not only does obesity
Recent statistics show that in the UK nearly 20% of 15 year olds are obese. Our generation has already been effected by obesity badly and it is guaranteed to get worse. If obesity and obesity related diseases are the second leading cause of preventable deaths in the UK, I am scared to think how this will rise in 20 years. We need to find a solution before everything spirals out of control. We need to stop obesity at its core.
Because we live in a time-is-money society the most efficient means of hunger satisfaction is the almighty drive-through. With Britain catching on to the lack of healthy food options in the fast food nation, fast food chains began campaigning healthier food such as their salads and fruit cups. The average teenager may decide to go for these options instead but don’t be fooled, these may sound like a healthier meal but a Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken from McDonald's has 320 calories and 90 grams of fat. Now ask yourself, where's the "healthy" in that?
If the government wants to stop the nation from becoming obese, it would make common sense killing the main source of fatty and unhealthy foods. Ask yourself this, what if fast food companies were not allowed to advertise their calorific foods? What if a large amount of tax was put on fast foods meaning people would have to pay a lot more? What if the drive-through was banned? I am convinced these simple acts could change obesity levels for the good.
Not only does obesity