Fast Food Controlling America’s Future Over the years, the fast food industry has become an extremely profitable business due to the desire of a quick and satisfying meal. Various features of fast food restaurants are both enjoyable and intriguing. How can someone not love a wide variety of delicious, quickly prepared meals for a cheap price? However, the significant advantages to purchasing fast food force people to forget about the negative consequences to a popular fast food industry. Children across the nation are plagued by the harmful diets created by businesses such as McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy 's. In fact, only about 2% of American children have healthy diets that don’t consist of fast food ("10 Surprising Facts About Childhood
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Most people often forget that these adolescents carry their weight into adulthood. In fact, the World Health Organization states, “Overweight and obese children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and more likely to develop noncommunicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age” (“Childhood Overweight and Obesity”). The obesity epidemic creates various health risks among the American people making their lives extremely difficult. Obese individuals face risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and breathing trouble. Each of which are linked to fast food consumption. Fast food contains too many calories and very little nutrition that contributes to obesity and various illnesses. A fast food diet results in numerous, dangerous health issues such as shortness of breath, high cholesterol, depression, high blood pressure, and headaches (“13 Effects Fast Food Has On the Body”). When these children reach adulthood, there is fear of heart attacks and permanent respiratory issues as well as type two diabetes. 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. A healthier diet could be the only way to combat these health …show more content…
However, it turns out that childhood obesity directly impacts the success of these students in the classroom. As fast food industries enhance the rate of overweight children, they hurt the learning experience of the students. In fact, one article exclaims, “Overweight kids on average miss more days of school than those with a healthy diet” (“ASPE Childhood Obesity White Paper”). Due to a believed positive correlation between obesity and its negative impact on school, various studies have decided to prove the phenomena. A previous study at Brown University finally connected the dots. On average, children that suffer from obesity have lower test scores, are more likely to be held back, and are less likely to go to college (Gardner, Amanda). With childhood obesity hurting the education system of America, the future of the country could be at stake. The children suffering in school are the future workers of America. Workers that carry obesity into the future face significant issues. The main point that is not commonly known is “obese workers miss an average of 450 million more days than healthy workers” (Ceniceros, Roberto). America can not afford to lose production in this country. Although, if the rate of obesity increases, then the number of days missed by obese workers will also increase. The source of the problem returns back to the fast food industry. With the
Most people often forget that these adolescents carry their weight into adulthood. In fact, the World Health Organization states, “Overweight and obese children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and more likely to develop noncommunicable diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age” (“Childhood Overweight and Obesity”). The obesity epidemic creates various health risks among the American people making their lives extremely difficult. Obese individuals face risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and breathing trouble. Each of which are linked to fast food consumption. Fast food contains too many calories and very little nutrition that contributes to obesity and various illnesses. A fast food diet results in numerous, dangerous health issues such as shortness of breath, high cholesterol, depression, high blood pressure, and headaches (“13 Effects Fast Food Has On the Body”). When these children reach adulthood, there is fear of heart attacks and permanent respiratory issues as well as type two diabetes. 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. A healthier diet could be the only way to combat these health …show more content…
However, it turns out that childhood obesity directly impacts the success of these students in the classroom. As fast food industries enhance the rate of overweight children, they hurt the learning experience of the students. In fact, one article exclaims, “Overweight kids on average miss more days of school than those with a healthy diet” (“ASPE Childhood Obesity White Paper”). Due to a believed positive correlation between obesity and its negative impact on school, various studies have decided to prove the phenomena. A previous study at Brown University finally connected the dots. On average, children that suffer from obesity have lower test scores, are more likely to be held back, and are less likely to go to college (Gardner, Amanda). With childhood obesity hurting the education system of America, the future of the country could be at stake. The children suffering in school are the future workers of America. Workers that carry obesity into the future face significant issues. The main point that is not commonly known is “obese workers miss an average of 450 million more days than healthy workers” (Ceniceros, Roberto). America can not afford to lose production in this country. Although, if the rate of obesity increases, then the number of days missed by obese workers will also increase. The source of the problem returns back to the fast food industry. With the