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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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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Fabio Souza 25 May 2013 Fast Food Restaurants Americas number one and most famous invention of all time the almighty fast food and its various different types of as what I consider “snacks” that are made into meals with a side of French fries and a soda that is quite a bit too large to wash all that salty goodness down‚ but luckily for some it really doesn’t end with just hamburgers and French fries this array of options spams out from the very basic hamburger to knockoff Mexican dishes to
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Impact of Fast Food Restaurants on Teen Obesity Time constraints‚ parents who work outside the house‚ extracurricular activities‚ and social obligations are just a few of the reasons teens have developed a need for a quick meal or an "on the go" snack. Meals that once used to take hours to prepare now can be done in a fraction of the time. Teens are now eating from fast food restaurants more frequently‚ which is affecting their health and eating habits. Many of the television commercials seen by
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today‚ we have an epidemic of obesity. When we think about this problem‚ we point fingers at restaurants like McDonalds‚ saying their foods and serving sizes are to blame. However‚ I would argue that our lifestyles are really to blame. We are so busy that we go to fast food restaurants instead of eating healthy meals at home. Until we stop ourselves‚ from going too fast food places and from eating other premade food‚ the problem of obesity in the US will not go away. Customers at fast food restaurant
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researches about the food and the food products. There are lots of discussion how the food industry influences to our health and generally our everyday life. Many people blame the government‚ some others are talking that the main role comes from food industry‚ while some people still think that every individual is responsible for their own menu as well as their health. It is really not important who says what; the issue itself is one of the main problems in the USA and indeed some of the food products could
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Fast Food and Obesity Joscelyn Quarles Comp/170 February 20‚ 2013 Nancy Neff Fast Food and Obesity People know that fast food is not good for them‚ but how bad is really and how much do people really know about the bad effects of fast food on their bodies? Most people have seen the “Super Size Me” documentary; yes Morgan Spurlock ate McDonalds for every meal for 30 days. Most people would gain weight from eating McDonalds for 30 days in a row‚ but even just eating McDonalds three times a
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AHMAD MANNA OCT‚ 5 ‚ 2013 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
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Fast Food to Blame on Obesity in America A staggering 66% of people in America are considered obese. Studies suggest that fast-food consumption has increased fivefold among since 1970. The fact of the matter is that obesity is spreading exponentially as well as fast food chains across the nation. Several different components attribute to these high numbers of obesity. When these components are combined‚ the likelihood of obesity increased as well. The three major components that are the catalyst
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likely to be high. Considering McDonald’s competitive rivalry‚ there is intense competition in fast food industry that many small fast food businesses fight with each other to improve their customer base. This makes a competition the major focus between businesses. Although‚ McDonald’s‚ with more than 32‚000 local restaurants serving more than 60 million people in 117 countries each day‚ has a number of fast food outlet competitors across the countries such as Burger King‚ Taco Bell‚ KFC‚ Wendy’s‚ it is
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