issue of fast food seems to be at the top of every health related debate. As these debates become more controversial‚ the question of who bears the responsibility remains unanswered. In his essay‚ Don’t Blame the Eater‚ David Zinczenko attempts to answer this key question by placing the greater responsibility of America’s obesity and other fast food related health issues on the fast food industries. Contrary to Zinczenko’s argument‚ Raldy Balko‚ in his essay‚ What You Eat Is Your Business‚ states
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INTRODUCTION Fast food can be defined as any food that contributes little or no nutrient value to the diet‚ but instead provides excess calories and fat. Nowadays‚ there are millions of fast food restaurants in the world that offers their costumers plenty of different meals with a special price. Fast food can be a good way to save time ‚but it is not the proper way for nutrition. Researchers found that eating fast food meals more than twice a week was associated with double the risk of
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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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Today‚ many people eat fast food instead of home made food. The reason is that fast food is fast‚ cheap and convenient. However‚ at the same time‚ fast food is contributing to a big social problem in the U.S.‚ which is obesity‚ and recently some people are beginning to sue the fast food companies for causing their obesity. Should the fast food companies have responsibility for American’s obesity? My answer for this argument is "No". I think that whether people eat fast food or not is an individual
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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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ALL ABOUT FA(S)T FOOD In 1921‚ after World War 1‚ vehicles became more popular and more affordable for the middle class; therefore‚ drive-in restaurants were introduced. Founded by Billy Ingram and Walter Anderson‚ the American Company White Castle‚ is generally credited with opening the second fast food outlet and first hamburger chain. Walter Anderson had built the first drive-in restaurant in Wichita in 1916‚ introducing a low cost and high speed hamburger restaurant. White Castle was tremendously
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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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obese than those of above-average economical resources. I believe that there are four major reasons why low-income adolescents are more likely to be obese. The high prices of good quality foods have a great impact of accessibility to those who can’t afford to buy such products. A strong marketing force for junk food has proven to be a direct contributor to obesity in America. The lack of jobs for adolescents in this economy has been increasing‚ creating a bigger hole to succumb to inadequate nutrition
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Brand-New Fast Food Trend Introduction Fast food is very common in Hong Kong. We can find at least one fast-food restaurant nearby. McDonald‚ KFC‚ Burger King‚ Triple O’s‚ Café de Carol can be found everywhere in Hong Kong. Fast food means that the food can be prepared and served very quickly. It can save us time and is convenient. [pic][pic][pic] The aim of this report is to investigate fast food culture in Hong Kong nowadays. Firstly‚ trend of fast food culture
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Easily prepared and fast served food is called Fast Food. The concept has grown worldwide with many restaurants coming up day in day out. One of the reasons for this type of restaurants becoming most sought after is low investment requirement for the entrepreneurs and varieties of foods served in a short period of time for the consumers. In most of cases of fast food preparations‚ food is made ready made and is served repeatedly heating it. Fast food facts The fast food facts are un-digestible
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