The Consequences Of Obesity In America

Fast food is part of the American lifestyle. Mostly one in four adults reported eating fast food in a study published in the April 2004 issue of the “Journal of the American College of Nutrition.” But can eating too much fast food give you health consequences. A huge number of studies have linked fast food to serouis health problems, including increased risk of obesity, poor nutrition, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. In a matter of fact fast-food eaters also had higher intakes of calories, saturated fat and sodium than their other subjects. However, consumption of carbonated soft drinks was more than double for the frequent fast food eaters, who had also consumed more than twice the amount of frech fries (fried potatos) as those who didn’t eat fast food. …show more content…
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics noted that fast food menus are becoming “healthier” and more varied. The word "epidemic" is often overused, but there's no other way to describe the explosion of obesity in America. According to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 68 percent of American adults are overweight or are obese, and about 18 percent of children and adolescents are hugely overweight as