Fast‚ Fat‚ and Naggy “McDonald’s operates more playgrounds than any other private entity in the U.S. It is responsible for the nation’s bestselling line of children’s clothing (McKids) and is one of the largest distributors of toys” (Schlosser 4). According to James McNeal‚ a marketer at Texas University‚ before the 1940’s‚ children were not even viewed as consumers‚ but as future consumers (10). After WWII‚ the baby boom occurred‚ and by 1950 the under-five population was 16‚163‚000 (McNeal 10)
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Fast Food Fast food is the term given to food that is prepared and served very quickly‚ first popularized in the 1950s in the United States. Fast food restaurants are traditionally separated by their ability to serve food via a drive-through. When people all over the world are looking for a quick‚ easy meal to grab on the go‚ fast food is the common solution. With the efficient service‚ low prices‚ and casual atmosphere‚ fast food seems like the ideal "all-American" choice. In fact‚ over 25
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Fast Food “Approximately 30.3 percent of children (ages 6 to 11) are overweight and 15.3 percent are obese. For adolescents (ages 12 to 19)‚ 30.4 percent are overweight and 15.5 percent are obese”. Every year the percentage of Americans increases the obesity and death rate in the United States of America. This all is happening because of unhealthy junk food we eat every day. People eat fast food almost every day because they are too lazy to cook healthy food in their home so they always look for
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Fast food nutrition should make up a minimal part of a healthy diet. Fast foods and junk foods are high in fat‚ sodium and sugar‚ which can lead to obesity and a range of attendant health problems‚ including diabetes‚ heart disease and arthritis. Here are the facts about how excessive junk food consumption affects your body. Junk Food Affects Your Energy Levels Junk food doesn’t contain the nutrients your body needs to stay healthy. As a result‚ you may feel chronically fatigued and lack the energy
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Cabrera 1 Ana Luisa Cabrera Mrs. Salinas English III May 3rd‚ 2012 Fast Food and Obesity Hypertension‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ heart diseases‚ cancer. The list can go on and on‚ but there is one disease in particular that stands above all of them: obesity. All of these diseases are related to food problems. Many people sees obesity as a disease caused by bad food habits and a lack of physical exercise. Fast food has been blamed by consumers for obesity to happen but‚ are they blaming the
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12/13/12 Fast Food Advertisement Target Children “The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.” Michelle Obama stated this quote to inform America that fast food is becoming a problem in the U.S. Fast food had been making business since the 1960’s and proudly serving all across America (Schlosser. 4). It hasn’t been until the 1980’s‚ referred to “the decade of child consumer”‚ where fast food didn’t
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Group: 1 Date: 19\11\2012 Fast Food Most of people prefer to eat fast food such as hamburgers‚ fried chicken‚ shawarma or pizza and they don’t know that this food will lead them to many health diseases. The main reason of eating fast food that many people are working long hours‚ shifts‚ or extended school hours and this will result in less time being available for cooking. The purpose of this essay is to discuss three effects of fast food eating which are the obesity‚ the loss of
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1/3/14 International Journal of Obesity - Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy Debate I nternational Journal of Obesity (2 007 ) 31‚ 887 –89 0; doi:1 0.1 03 8/sj.ijo.0803 6 1 6 ; published online 2 4 April 2 007 Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy S Stender1‚ J Dyerberg1 and A Astrup2 1 Departm ent of Clinical Biochem istry ‚ Gentofte Hospital Univ ersity of Copenhagen‚ Copenhagen‚ Denm ark of Hum an Nutrition‚ Centre for Adv anced Food Studies‚ Faculty of Life Sciences‚ Univ ersity
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you eat fast food? Each day‚ one in four Americans visit s a fast food restaurant. In 1972‚ we spent three billion dollars on fast food‚ and today‚ we spend over one hundred billion. McDonald’s feed more than forty six million people a day‚ which is more than the population of Spain. It is no secret- most types of fast food are bad for you. In the past‚ fast food was considered a treat‚ something to enjoy on a date or a family night out‚ but nowadays‚ more people are relying on fast food for their
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March 10‚ 2015 Fast Food & Obesity who’s to blame? According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Approximately 129.6 million Americans‚ or 64 percent‚ are overweight or obese‚ In 2000‚ 400‚000 - one in 700 Americans - deaths were related to eating badly and physical inactivity". Fast food is both easily accessible and cheap which influences higher rates of people towards eating it‚ Widening America ’s obesity rate and diseases that come with it. Healthier foods are less protonate
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