Football: An Incredibly Dangerous Sport

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Football is an incredibly dangerous sport. Dr. Smith states that "55% of all sports related injuries occur while playing contact football." Disneyland is said to be the happiest place on Earth, but 23 year old Jackie Hart says she once saw a child lost, wandering until a worker picked them up. Each year more than 300 kids get lost in Disneyland, some never found. Fast food restaurants are the second biggest cause of obesity, many doctors have stated. 81% of people who are obese eat at fast food industries at lest five times a week. Contact football is a popular sport in the US. But 1 in 2 people who play football have encountered a injury due to the brutal sport. Some minor injuries happen, like concussions, while more life altering injury

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