How Does Fast Food Affect American Culture

Everybody knows that people especially Americans are getting fatter every single day. With more fast food places and quick and easy food you can buy at the grocery store, the amount of sugar, fat and overall calories have increased in the American diet. When I was grocery shopped with my mom in order to create the picture of what my family eats on a weekly base, we started off in the fruit and vegetable section which was good but the farther back in the store we went the unhealthier our cart became.
When my family goes shopping it will most likely be to Wal-Mart since they have just about anything that you could need. Already that is one huge difference between most families around the world. The families in the book most likely got their food from markets or even grew it themselves instead of a commercial store. Because many countries do not have access to fast food restaurants or prepackage meals, they have to home cook all of their meals and usually
The American culture focuses on cheap and tasty food that can be readily available when necessary while other cultures focus more on developing foods with complex tastes from recipes that their ancestors use. Maybe the reason that America does not have as developed food is because we have not had centuries to perfect recipes like other countries like India or China. No matter when I was walking through the aisles choosing food I was thinking about what foods I could get that would taste the best instead of foods that have more nutritional value. I also noticed how possibly the reason that I want foods that taste good is because that is what I have known for my whole life. Today from cereal to fruit snacks the package has some sort of cartoon creature with bright colors around them which are meant to attract younger children. If American marketing did not put so much effort into trying to sell the unhealthy food children would be more inclined to eat