Fast Food and Obesity: Where is the line crossed between individual responsibility and placing blame? Abstract Context: In the United States‚ the increase in the rate of obesity has the potential to reverse the long-term efforts to increase the life expectancy of Americans. There are many factors that influence obesity including growing food portions‚ changing lifestyles‚ and the existence of food deserts throughout our country. There is a question whether obesity should be seen as individual
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enjoy the convenience of fast food. You drive up‚ place your order and presto! You’ve got a whole meal and you didn’t even have to get out of your car. As convenient as it is‚ fast food is unhealthy for consumers‚ inhumane to animals‚ and the employees who process the meat work in hazardous environments. When you take all these factors into consideration - is the availability and popularity of fast food really good for the nation? Fast food has contributed to the obesity of the American population
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Fast Foods Effect on Obesity Now a days‚ fast food is becoming a cheap and yet a popular way for people who are too busy to cook. But the cheap price of the fast food is nothing in comparison to the true price that these people are paying. Every 4 out of 10 adults in the USA will become obese in the next 5 years if they keep eating this food the way they are. Eating fast food like this is causing major health risks. Since this food is so cheap‚ it makes it convenient for people to go out and get
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We have a major serious health problem. It’s called obesity. We need more fruits and vegetables. We need more proteins and vitamins‚ like vitamin D and C. There are evidence that say that fast food could be bad for our health. Everyone should think twice before deciding to eat fast food . when it comes to eating food that’s made within a matter of seconds. The food is not properly taken care of‚ which leads all the way back to where the food is originally produced. Even if it is easy to buy and
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Fast Food and Obesity In today’s society‚ fast food has become a large part of many American’s lives. With the rising numbers of obese people‚ it is hard not to draw a correlation between the increase in fast food and obesity. Most obese people don’t want to be obese and wish they could lose weight‚ yet they continue to struggle with their fast food intake and obesity. This is due to the advertising done on the consumers‚ the highly addictive food itself‚ and most importantly‚ how advertising
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Fast Food Nation Obesity has grown into a rampant issue all over the United States‚ over the past few decades. Fast foods also have increased their outlets in the nation‚ in turn‚ depicting a success in the business venture. It is clear that fast foods have become quite cheap in comparison to healthy‚ homemade meals. Subsequently‚ people have turned to eat fast foods for economic reasons. Convenience is yet another reason behind people’s high indulgence in eating fast foods other than healthy‚
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blaming fast food restaurants for obesity? When is it individual responsibility and when is it appropriate to place blame? Can we really classify obesity as an epidemic? We speak of it as though it ’s a new viral strain sweeping the country. Obesity in America has risen over 15 percent in the last 20 years‚ but it ’s been on the rise many years prior. Let’s just focus on fast food restaurants for a moment. Fast foods can benefit you in any way that you need it to. It is affordable‚ fast‚ appetizing
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2013 Fast Food and Obesity in Adults In Aprils addition of Men’s Health magazine there is a picture of salted golden French fries inside a white cup. This advertisement invokes hunger for unhealthy and cheap fast food to consumers. The fast food industries false advertisements‚ unhealthy food‚ and long term effects of consuming fast food all lead to the causes and effects of adulthood obesity in the lives of thousands of Americans today. McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ Wendy’s‚ and other fast food industries
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the United States called obesity which is fueled by fast food chains worldwide. Fast food is becoming apart of so many young teens in america that it is crippling the nation’s new generation in the long term effects. The fast food in this country controls the nation’s nutrition‚ therefore we should encourage these chains to put healthy options on their menus. This will drop obesity rates dramatically. The problem with fast food is that it leads to obesity and obesity can have bad long term health
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For several years‚ people have attributed rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases of obesity in America. According to the article Fast Food: Is it the Enemy by Registered Dietitian Sarah Muntel (2012)‚ “Since 1970‚ the amount of fast food restaurants in business doubled‚ which equates to about 300‚000 establishments in the United States. Coincidentally‚ 33.8 percent of the U.S. population is affected by obesity and 19 percent of children and adolescents are also affected”
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