Futuristic Lens Over the years, the fast food industry has become an extremely profitable business due to the quickly prepared food. One of the main contributors to the fast food restaurants is the growing epidemic known as childhood obesity. Children across the nation are plagued by fast food restaurants and unhealthy diets. In fact, only about 2% of American children have healthy diets that don’t consist of fast food ("10 Surprising Facts About Childhood Obesity."). Unfortunately, the unhealthy choices provided by fast food restaurants are simply encouraging the obese children of America. If the childhood obesity issue continues to grow, obese children will continue to support the fast food industry because it is much easier for the working
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However, it is a horrendous problem that needs to be solved. Over the last 20 years, the childhood obesity rate has officially doubled in the United States alone, where every ⅓ children are obese. (Spake 1). Obesity has been a growing problem like this since the 1950’s, and there is no sign of it stopping any time soon. Unfortunately for these children, various studies have proven that an overweight child lives a shorter life than those healthy children. Scientists have discovered an increased amount of heart disease and asthma, which means “mortality rates will worsen as childhood obesity arises” ("WebMD - Better Information. Better Health."). These diseases will stick with children throughout their entire life. There will just be no way to stop the physical and emotional pain that comes along with the disease of childhood obesity. The food sources of these children must be inspected to find the overall cause of the …show more content…
However, fast food is purchased so often due to the cheapness, taste, and quick preparedness. It is almost undisputed at this point that as the fast food industry will take over the majority of food distribution, there will be an increase in childhood obesity. For the general population, this means that obesity will become an understandable and accepted disorder as time goes on. People will begin to worry less about the negative effects of obesity because soon the vast majority of all Americans will be obese. The current generation is the first not expected to outlive their parents (Belluck 1). Overall, the U.S. is becoming vastly more accepting of those that are obese and unhealthy. In fact, being fit physically could very well become the new obesity. It will no longer be hard to overlook the “declining physical activity and a dramatic increase in fast-food and soft-drink consumption”("ASPE Childhood Obesity White Paper."), which causes vast amounts of weight gaining in America. America’s future currently not on the best
However, it is a horrendous problem that needs to be solved. Over the last 20 years, the childhood obesity rate has officially doubled in the United States alone, where every ⅓ children are obese. (Spake 1). Obesity has been a growing problem like this since the 1950’s, and there is no sign of it stopping any time soon. Unfortunately for these children, various studies have proven that an overweight child lives a shorter life than those healthy children. Scientists have discovered an increased amount of heart disease and asthma, which means “mortality rates will worsen as childhood obesity arises” ("WebMD - Better Information. Better Health."). These diseases will stick with children throughout their entire life. There will just be no way to stop the physical and emotional pain that comes along with the disease of childhood obesity. The food sources of these children must be inspected to find the overall cause of the …show more content…
However, fast food is purchased so often due to the cheapness, taste, and quick preparedness. It is almost undisputed at this point that as the fast food industry will take over the majority of food distribution, there will be an increase in childhood obesity. For the general population, this means that obesity will become an understandable and accepted disorder as time goes on. People will begin to worry less about the negative effects of obesity because soon the vast majority of all Americans will be obese. The current generation is the first not expected to outlive their parents (Belluck 1). Overall, the U.S. is becoming vastly more accepting of those that are obese and unhealthy. In fact, being fit physically could very well become the new obesity. It will no longer be hard to overlook the “declining physical activity and a dramatic increase in fast-food and soft-drink consumption”("ASPE Childhood Obesity White Paper."), which causes vast amounts of weight gaining in America. America’s future currently not on the best