“The
problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's
happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.” (Michelle
Obama). In a way Obama is right in saying that, fast food has become an
everyday meal. At least a quarter of Americans eat fast food everyday, a good
reason being is that it is made fast and it is inexpensive. When eating fast
food most people do not consider it their healthiest option. While there are some ways to eat a
well-balanced, nutritious meal at a fast food restaurant, the unhealthy options
are more common and more appealing. This is due to the billions of dollars that the fast food industries
spend on its advertising of their products.
Everyone is to blame for the obesity epidemic, but no one wants to be responsible for causing it. It may seem that fast food companies are brainwashing you into buying their products, but people have the final decision to decide whether or not they want to consume their products. In Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser talks about brief history on how the fast food industry was created and tells
us the ugly truth about how the food is prepared and served. He got a good amount of people to read his book,
although that did not change a lot of people’s minds about eating fast food.
Fast food restaurants are unhealthy for you and that you should abstain
from eating it for if you don’t you have a chance of becoming obese. Being overweight or obese increases the risk of health conditions and
diseases including: Breast cancer, Coronary heart disease, Type II diabetes,
Sleep apnea, Gallbladder disease, Osteoarthritis, Colon
In the end, only we can decide what is healthy for us to eat. Whether
if it is a chicken with herb-roasted tomatoes and pan sauce or a value meal at
the nearest fast food restaurant. You could close every fast food restaurant in the world tomorrow and
there will still be obese people unless we decide to make a change to better
our health.
Promote:
- http://www.nbcnews.com/health/were-unhealthier-everyone-else-its-our-own-fault-1B7909781
- http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2072137,00.html
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