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Year 2020 will establish obesity as the lone leading killer globally. According to The World Health Organization, society today is approaching a global epidemic (WHO WEBSITE). Lost in their fast pace daily lives, Americans everywhere fall prey to fast food’s quick accessibility. Although it provides a speedy solution, fast food lacks proper nutrition necessary in an individual’s diet. Fatty foods and their accompanying low nutrient levels leads to malnutrition and pertinent short and long-term bodily issues. Diets today are largely unhealthy, consisting of harmful components that drastically contribute to a decline in individual physical and psychological health.
Topic Sentence 1: The average American diet consists of processed …show more content…
Without consumption of proper nutrients, a malnourished body naturally develops a weakened immune system and consequently cannot defend itself against infections and sicknesses including cold and flus (sevencountries.org). Consumption of fast foods is normally done quickly, while people should actually be taking the time to eat slowly and chew their foods properly. Eating slowly allows a natural reduction in portion intake, proper food digestion, healthy food enjoyment, normal regulation of hunger hormones, an increasing sense of satisfaction and fullness, and a subsequent reduced risk of becoming overweight (Wollenbery). Fast foods are high in calorie intake, and on average may contain more than one thousand calories per one meal—half of the calorie intake recommended in one day. CARDIA, a research study investigating heart disease development within white and black adults, found that consuming fast food more than two days a week is strongly associate with weight gain (Machowsky). Furthermore, a 2004 documentary titled Super Size Me follows the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock as he consumes five thousand McDonald’s calories a day for a total of thirty days. Spurlock consequently gained a total of 24.5 pounds (Chitale). Increased weight gain may slowly lead to obesity, as seen in nearly two out of three American adults (Paula). Obesity may result in a number of complications in American health. With an increase in body fat percentage, one’s body is not able to correctly utilize insulin. This results in acquiring diabetes. Fast foods, which are loaded in excess sodium levels, cause kidneys to hold water in an attempt to balance present sodium quantities. As a result, blood levels increase and high blood pressure or hypertension may develop (Paula). Increased fat intake negatively affects one’s liver as well. A study done on eighteen Swedish men and women who ate two fast food meals a day for four weeks
Year 2020 will establish obesity as the lone leading killer globally. According to The World Health Organization, society today is approaching a global epidemic (WHO WEBSITE). Lost in their fast pace daily lives, Americans everywhere fall prey to fast food’s quick accessibility. Although it provides a speedy solution, fast food lacks proper nutrition necessary in an individual’s diet. Fatty foods and their accompanying low nutrient levels leads to malnutrition and pertinent short and long-term bodily issues. Diets today are largely unhealthy, consisting of harmful components that drastically contribute to a decline in individual physical and psychological health.
Topic Sentence 1: The average American diet consists of processed …show more content…
Without consumption of proper nutrients, a malnourished body naturally develops a weakened immune system and consequently cannot defend itself against infections and sicknesses including cold and flus (sevencountries.org). Consumption of fast foods is normally done quickly, while people should actually be taking the time to eat slowly and chew their foods properly. Eating slowly allows a natural reduction in portion intake, proper food digestion, healthy food enjoyment, normal regulation of hunger hormones, an increasing sense of satisfaction and fullness, and a subsequent reduced risk of becoming overweight (Wollenbery). Fast foods are high in calorie intake, and on average may contain more than one thousand calories per one meal—half of the calorie intake recommended in one day. CARDIA, a research study investigating heart disease development within white and black adults, found that consuming fast food more than two days a week is strongly associate with weight gain (Machowsky). Furthermore, a 2004 documentary titled Super Size Me follows the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock as he consumes five thousand McDonald’s calories a day for a total of thirty days. Spurlock consequently gained a total of 24.5 pounds (Chitale). Increased weight gain may slowly lead to obesity, as seen in nearly two out of three American adults (Paula). Obesity may result in a number of complications in American health. With an increase in body fat percentage, one’s body is not able to correctly utilize insulin. This results in acquiring diabetes. Fast foods, which are loaded in excess sodium levels, cause kidneys to hold water in an attempt to balance present sodium quantities. As a result, blood levels increase and high blood pressure or hypertension may develop (Paula). Increased fat intake negatively affects one’s liver as well. A study done on eighteen Swedish men and women who ate two fast food meals a day for four weeks