The Spread Of Fast Food

He is on his way home. He had a more than average day, yet exhaustion still crept up on him sometime after noon. Now that he is off nothing is going to stand in his way of getting home. Home is where he escapes, where he relaxes, and where he can wash away the day 's pressure. Suddenly a scent veers his attention and the course he set, going straight home, has now become secondary. The scent is calling and borderline intoxicating. It reminds him that even though he has last night’s leftover at home, it’s not nearly as new, hot, and prepared as a quick stop meal. So he weighs his pros and cons. Yeah, if he goes home and eats his left overs he 'll be saving money. If he stops to get food then he could go home and go straight to relaxing. After …show more content…
If McDonalds held up a sign saying that one burger was made from different meats selected from different cows, would the customer still order that burger? Hamburgers are now made in gigantic factories and their growth over the years has been expanded because of the high demand on fast food. So where ground beef used to be made from a single cow it is now made from dozens or hundreds of strips of beef made from different cattle, in different regions blended together. If one cow was sick then the risk of contamination would rise higher in the food supply, and then in human …show more content…
This is where the role of diet comes into play. Yes, the obesity epidemic is major, but it is also complex. On one hand you have the fast, cheap, filling, and delicious drive-thru meals. On the other hand billions of dollars are spent on weight loss schemes, from diet pills, and books all the way up to last-resort surgeries like lap-bands and liposuction. The key word is fast. Fast is what Americans are looking for because most of their day is consumed at work, or studies. Less time is spent at home in our kitchens where a major difference in our eating habits could be greatly