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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Fast Food Is Linked to Obesity and Other Serious Health Problems Fast Food ‚ 2009 Seth Stern is a staff writer at The Christian Science Monitor. Despite the fact that nutritional information about fast food is readily available‚ many fast food chains are taking the blame for the rise in obesity and other health problems across the nation. Some lawyers are considering the possibility that fast food chains could be held accountable for the health consequences of eating their food. The chains could
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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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Fast Food Fast food restaurants are everywhere. Fast food is named after the process of being made and prepared quickly. You can find fast food restaurant everywhere and anytime. People just buy what they like and eat what they like from these type of restaurants no matter how old they are or what are their health conditions‚ all they care about is it’s taste. “Fast food has a negative effect on Health. All fast food should come with a health warning.” There are three main reasons why fast food
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Fast food is something that every American knows about. Most likely you‚ the person reading this has had fast food before‚ and probably enjoyed it. Whether it may be Mcdonalds‚ Burger King‚ Taco Bell‚ Jack in the Box‚ KFC‚ etc. There is nothing as cheap‚ quick to get‚ and tasty as fast food. With the ever-growing population of obese Americans‚ people are looking for a reason and for most that reason is fast food. Now according to the CDC (centers for disease control) the definition of overweight
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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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DISADVANTAGES OF FAST FOOD Submitted by Duha on Wed‚ 2011-11-09 11:56 The greatest disadvantage of fast food is the adverse effect that it has on one’s health. It is a fact that fast food is more unhealthy than home-cooked meals‚ as they contain higher amounts of salt‚ fats and calories. Fast food is an important contributor to obesity in the American population. Obesity in children is on the rise and a direct link is being cited between fast food and obesity in children. Given the sedentary
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Are we taking it too far by blaming fast food restaurants for obesity? When is it individual responsibility and when is it appropriate to place blame? Obesity‚ obesity is a disease caused by a bad diets‚ genetics‚ and lack of exercise. It can be avoided by a balanced diet and 30-45 minutes of exercise everyday. Its very different for everybody‚ some people may have to do more exercise or less exercise‚ or eat different things due to their genetics. With all that said I feel it’s an individual
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The fast food industry has been growing more and more every year. There is a fast food restaurant in every corner. Since fast food is becoming so popular more and more people chose to go to a fast food restaurant daily. Fast food is a continuing growth industry in our country. Fast food restaurants continue to increase their popularity by lowering their prices and providing faster service for their customers. There is a huge competition between fast food restaurants and how they advertise can
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ADOLESCENTS OF LOW INCOME ARE MORE PRONE TO OBESITY Obesity has become an international problem‚ but more so in the United States. I remember visiting Canada and every time a Canadian sees a very obese person passing by‚ they call him/her out as “oh he/she must be American” and to my dislike they were right most of the time. American society is battling with obesity at every socio-economic level‚ but the numbers show that adolescents of low-income families are more likely to be obese than those
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