Fast food chains have taken over America‚ but this is not a good thing. Obesity has become one of the biggest problems the United States of America. Anywhere from 25 – 30% of children‚ and 50% of adults are obese. Where does this obesity come from? Fast food chains with processed foods‚ “mystery meats”‚ and “sugar shocked” pops are major contributors to this widespread problem of obesity. What about this food is so bad for us? It is the trans fats that are in tasty products straight from our favorite
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In Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser makes the argument that fast food has become an integral part of our society. Schlosser argues in his book that the rise of fast food has badly affected the health of the nation; also that it has impacted negatively on the culture of America and is a bad influence on the rest of the world. In regard to his view on health‚ Schlosser demonstrates how fast food can lead to obesity by quoting many sources to demonstrate his point. Obesity‚ as well as other health
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“Gretel‚ please come downstairs‚ dinner is being served!” Mother yelled‚ clearly exasperated. “NO!” I screamed‚ “I refuse to eat dinner with any of you!” “Please‚ just come downstairs‚ we’ll be eating roast beef” mother said‚ sighing. “ROAST BEEF? ROAST BEEF?” I replied‚ raising my voice. I hate roast beef. I absolutely hate it. It used to be my favorite meal‚ but that was before my brother‚ oh‚ that little pain went missing. We were going to eat roast beef for dinner that night. It was almost as
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Jeffery Scott Riley ENG July 18‚ 2013 Fast foods‚ Slow Americans Today fast food restaurants appear in large quantities all over the United States. From McDonalds to Burger King to Taco Bell‚ these companies offer a fast meal at a cheap price. Unfortunately‚ these meals are incredibly unhealthy and contain ingredients that are damaging people’s health and cause obesity. This paper will discuss one main cause of the rapid growth of this industry and the effect it is has on its consumers. Imagine
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microwive and with the popularity of fast food restaurants‚ food has become easier to prepare than ever. Do you think microwave ovens and fast food restaurants are beneficial to society? Use spesific reasons and examples to support your answer. Advantages and Disadvantages of Fast Foods Currently most of the people prefer fast foods and foods cooked in microwave oven instead of preparing and cooking homemade foods that takes longer. The trend of having food quickly has advantages and disadvantages
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Outline I) Introduction: Fast Food Nation is a book in which Eric Schlosser did not hold any detail back. His ideas are very much similar to Hank Cardello who expressed his feelings in his best seller Stuffed and a article labeled Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. All of these topics touch upon the problem of obesity‚ low wages‚ and unethical issues. II) Topic Sentence 1: Obesity was on of the most talked about issues within all the texts. -Detail/Example- One out of every three American
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world agree that fast food is bad for people’s health‚ more and more people are eating it. Why are more people eating fast food? What can be done about this problem? Modern habits and lifestyles demand that we achieve many more goals and targets every day. Our iPhone‚ tablet‚ GPS and laptop enable us to communicate instantly‚ get instant answers and have access to instant information. We live very fast lives and many of us want this to extend to our eating habits. Fast food allows us to
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Zoë Zwinkels 7-7B 2014-02-28 Fast food- persuasive essay Imagine a world full of fast food restaurants. No more needs for salad‚ just hamburgers and fries. We aren’t at this point but we are going there with the fact that the amount of fast food restaurants went up with 300% the past few years. The amount of obese children has gone up‚ unlike their life span which is going down with every visit to the McDonald’s or the Burger King. Kids aren’t realizing what they are eating‚ and what they should
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The Effects of Fast Food on Health There are so many restaurants around the world today that could severely harm your health. Fast food has so many bad side effects such as: obesity‚ high cholesterol levels‚ and food poisoning. You could say that there are way more bad side effects than good side effects from obtaining fast food. Obesity has been ranked the number one health threat to Americans and causes up to 400‚000 deaths a year. In fast foods‚ the levels of Trans fat and calories are very
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Fast food is the term linking to the food is prepared and served quickly. It is a fact that there is a rapid rise in the number of Mc Donal ‚ KFC ‚ Bugger King....restaurants over the world as a oblivious evidence for the hot trend of ready-food in fast-paced and sedentary life. However‚ like everything‚ it has its own pros and cons. The most demonstrable advantage of fast food is saving time. In today’ modern life ‚ people feel comfortable and convernient when they order a pizza or bugger after
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