Should the government regulate food more?
Should the Government Regulate Food More?
Since the time the fast food industry was established, people have been enjoying the convenience of having food served to them in a fast and timely manner. However, today people are learning about the harmful effects fast food can have on a person’s body. We the people need to do something about this fast food epidemic. These businesses need to be regulated more by the government to keep the American nation a healthy nation. As a result, this issue is a very controversial one and has attracted a lot a debate. This essay will consider some of the arguments for obesity in this nations and the impact fast food has on it and will outline some of the problems with this position. It will then put forward a number of reasons why America should put more regulations on the fast food industry. Fast food industries have had a huge influence on Americans and people of all ages all around the world. In Fast Food Nation the author says, “A survey of American schoolchildren found that 96 percent could identify Ronald McDonald. The only fictional character with a higher degree of recognition was Santa Claus. The impact of McDonald’s on the way we live today is hard to overstate. The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian Cross” (Schlosser 4). These statements are very easy to believe. There is a McDonald’s in just about every country in the world, so it does not really surprise me that the Golden Arches are more widely recognized than the Christian Cross. Since the fast food industry has began, it has created many different jobs for people. But these jobs may not be the best jobs for a lifetime career. “Between 1968 and 1990, the years when the fast food chains expanded at their fastest rate, the real value of the U.S. minimum wage fell by almost 40 percent” (Schlosser 73). Jobs in the fast food industry can be quite difficult. Places like McDonald’s and Burger King do not have very good work conditions which
Since the time the fast food industry was established, people have been enjoying the convenience of having food served to them in a fast and timely manner. However, today people are learning about the harmful effects fast food can have on a person’s body. We the people need to do something about this fast food epidemic. These businesses need to be regulated more by the government to keep the American nation a healthy nation. As a result, this issue is a very controversial one and has attracted a lot a debate. This essay will consider some of the arguments for obesity in this nations and the impact fast food has on it and will outline some of the problems with this position. It will then put forward a number of reasons why America should put more regulations on the fast food industry. Fast food industries have had a huge influence on Americans and people of all ages all around the world. In Fast Food Nation the author says, “A survey of American schoolchildren found that 96 percent could identify Ronald McDonald. The only fictional character with a higher degree of recognition was Santa Claus. The impact of McDonald’s on the way we live today is hard to overstate. The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian Cross” (Schlosser 4). These statements are very easy to believe. There is a McDonald’s in just about every country in the world, so it does not really surprise me that the Golden Arches are more widely recognized than the Christian Cross. Since the fast food industry has began, it has created many different jobs for people. But these jobs may not be the best jobs for a lifetime career. “Between 1968 and 1990, the years when the fast food chains expanded at their fastest rate, the real value of the U.S. minimum wage fell by almost 40 percent” (Schlosser 73). Jobs in the fast food industry can be quite difficult. Places like McDonald’s and Burger King do not have very good work conditions which