Type 2 Diabetes Argumentative Essay

In 1921 the very first fast food restaurant (White Castle) opened their doors in the United States. Now almost 100 years later there are at least 50,000 fast food joints across the nation, but on the global scale a whopping 500,000 locations exist across the planet in cities such as Beijing, Mecca, Sydney, and London. Fast food places and manufacturers managed to increase servings and portions while simultaneously decreasing their prices, this then allowed people to want to buy more because of how cheap the food is leading to consequential health problems for individuals. From this an Obesity epidemic has occurred in the US and other parts of the world, making Type-2 Diabetes rampant in young patients, and allowing Cardiovascular Disease to become common for many bystanders. This is from the fact individuals are consuming fast
For instance a very odd situation in Shannon Brownlee’s It’s “Portion Distortion That Makes America Fat,” emphasizes a case where a mother filed a lawsuit against McDonald's because her son is weighing in at 200 pounds from eating McDonald's (most likely on a daily) presumed the food was a healthy choice for her son(2). It does not take a genius to realize how unhealthy McDonald's food is, as a parent she should have been moderating what her son was eating. Her own son on the other hand should of taken responsibility for his weight problem instead of pushing the blame towards the restaurant for causing his health problems. It is not the restaurant's fault for the health concerns deriving from their products because they are a business only here to make money. Therefore, making it the individual's duty to be aware and educated about the nutritional value of obesogenic food they consume to prevent weight problems, Diabetes, and Heart Disease. Still, people should own up to what they eat and put into their