The Fast Food Problem It seems that The United States is always striving to be the “number one.” The nation with the most billionaires. The nation with the most roads. The nation with the most powerful military. These are all great achievements‚ but not all catagories are good things to be number one in. For example‚ percent of population that is overweight. The United States happens to be on the very top of this category. The United States is the nation with the highest percent of people who are
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United States. Americans eat a lot of fast food these days and are accustomed to the convenience and taste of fast food. Fast food restaurants are still offering the same unhealthy food with some rational changes throughout their menu. Parents may be responsible for their children’s health‚ but with the convenience of fast food it just makes it easier. It is no surprise how America is getting fatter each day and who to blame is still undecided. Fast Food Gone Bad Introduction Obesity
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Extra tax on fast food Nowadays people always are overweight or obese. A big reason of this is unhealthy food like a Big Mac‚ Hamburger etc. Too much of any of those can cause serious health problems which a lot of people of the world today suffer from. The real problem is why are people making these choices? It’s simple‚ unhealthy food is cheaper than healthy food in many cases. Is it a good idea to introduce a fast food tax‚ or do unhealthy food observe to remain cheap and free of extra tax
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2013 Fast Food and Obesity in Adults In Aprils addition of Men’s Health magazine there is a picture of salted golden French fries inside a white cup. This advertisement invokes hunger for unhealthy and cheap fast food to consumers. The fast food industries false advertisements‚ unhealthy food‚ and long term effects of consuming fast food all lead to the causes and effects of adulthood obesity in the lives of thousands of Americans today. McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ Wendy’s‚ and other fast food industries
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Fast Food Nation The first half of the book Fast Food Nation written by Eric Schlosser expresses the profound outcomes of fast food in America starting from its creation to today. Some of these examples include: more employment opportunities for teenagers‚ the creation of successful franchise owners‚ and a new revolutionary way to buy food. Schlosser talks about the major effect that fast food companies have made in the life of teenagers. According to Schlosser‚ “Teenagers have long provided the
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Over the past few decades‚ American’s increase in food marketing to children has closely tracked their increase in weight. Since 1980‚ the number of obese children has more than doubled to 16 percent. It soon becomes a big issue in our society because it threads American children’s health which causes them to consider fast food as their “primary meal”. Then the society starts to think who to blame. Is it the fast food companies’ false marketing or the parents’ responsibilities? According to the articles
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In my point of view‚ the first and foremost benefit fast food brings to customers is time and speed saving. Modern society with piles of work pushes people to be busy at any time‚ especially businessmen and officials. Even students are also up to ears with exercises and examination. Fast food‚ therefore‚ becomes a popular choice of many people. By coming to restaurants‚ which sell fastfood‚ the customers are quickly served; they can save a lot of time to do other things instead of cooking at
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Raising Taxes on Fast Food Which sounds better‚ a $10 burger and soda‚ or a $3 grilled chicken salad and water? While convenient and cheap‚ the widespread eating of fast food has caused many health problems throughout America. By raising taxes and making fast food more expensive‚ I think Americans will begin to eat healthier‚ other restaurants will see economic success‚ and the government will spend much less on health care. When fast food prices are jacked up‚ this offers people an incentive
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Fast Food – A Silent Killer It’s recognized that fast food isn’t healthy or nutritious at all and as a matter of fact‚ it’s completely harmful to you. Therefore it is crucial for you to know about fast food nutrition details that will help you become more conscious of the unknown dangers of eating fast foods which can be even worse than you may ever have thought possible. Americans have for ages been familiar with consuming fast foods and recently‚ this problem has also spread to the rest of the
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Fast Food Nation Analysis Essay The non-fiction book “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser writes about how the fast food industry works from different viewpoints. Throughout the book it can be very disturbing and very real about the fast food industry. Changing American society and causing many great problems. The author established well credibility by providing well facts and supporting it. He talks about the success and failures of what happened in the fast food nation. Many failures happened
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