Andrew got a job and his own apartment, he is happy because now he can eat whatever he wants without his parents telling him what to do. Andrew did not care about healthy food so for months now he has been eating fast food for all of his meals without much exercise because of his work. He is starting to noticed a 20 pound weight gain so he tries to find time to exercise a little but sadly cannot. Another three years pass and Andrew did not change his eating habits at all and gained 86 pounds more, he found it harder to do his everyday tasks while randomly have heart aches. Then while he was working he noticed his left arm was tingling, shortly after he is having a heart attack! His co workers run towards him and rush him to the nearest hospital.
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Today one in five children in the United States are Obese (Dietz). This is a rising statistic in today 's world of increasing fast food availability and advertisement. Obesity increases the chance of a heart attack, the longer someone is obese increases the odds of having a heart attack (Fontaine). As obesity becomes more common in children and adults, then the risks of obesity problems will increase (Dietz). There are many behaviors that obese people have that may determine the spreading of where the body fat is stored. (Ebbeling). Another effect is the risk of heart disease in a person who is obese (Fontaine). Fats that are frequently found in fast food they are made up of saturated fatty acids (Balaji). Those fats turn solid at room temperature, in a cheeseburger is a bunch of those fats but these can also raise your blood cholesterol levels which then increases the risk of cardiovascular disease which increases the risk of heart disease (Lustig). Someone with obesity will most likely have around a 50% increase in risk of a heart disease around age 22 while as you get older to around 50 years old then you will have an even higher risk of heart disease around a 70% increase (Fontaine). Shortness of breath is another effect that fast food has on someone 's body, so then someone with obesity may have shortness of breath or wheezing with little activity (Lustig). If the heart or lungs are affected by …show more content…
A person can really get addicted to the sugar when eating fast food because it is cheap and gives you a lot of energy (Jacobs). Sugar has some of the same effects that as crack has on a person, so that they will become addicted to this effect your pleasure center in a part of your brain (Lustig). Everybody 's brains evolved to look for high calorie packed food when food is scarce, that is because of the calories that the brain wants so that it can get more energy to power the body (Lustig). This means that if somebody does not have much money for food they will buy fast food more than likely because fast food is high in calories and it is cheap. Convenience is another important reason to why it is so easy for somebody to get addicted to fast food, People have less and less time in their day to cook healthy food that doesn 't have as much fat or calories in it (Dietz). For example a person decides whether to spend more money to make his own food for a meal but decides to order some fast food because it is cheaper and easier to
Today one in five children in the United States are Obese (Dietz). This is a rising statistic in today 's world of increasing fast food availability and advertisement. Obesity increases the chance of a heart attack, the longer someone is obese increases the odds of having a heart attack (Fontaine). As obesity becomes more common in children and adults, then the risks of obesity problems will increase (Dietz). There are many behaviors that obese people have that may determine the spreading of where the body fat is stored. (Ebbeling). Another effect is the risk of heart disease in a person who is obese (Fontaine). Fats that are frequently found in fast food they are made up of saturated fatty acids (Balaji). Those fats turn solid at room temperature, in a cheeseburger is a bunch of those fats but these can also raise your blood cholesterol levels which then increases the risk of cardiovascular disease which increases the risk of heart disease (Lustig). Someone with obesity will most likely have around a 50% increase in risk of a heart disease around age 22 while as you get older to around 50 years old then you will have an even higher risk of heart disease around a 70% increase (Fontaine). Shortness of breath is another effect that fast food has on someone 's body, so then someone with obesity may have shortness of breath or wheezing with little activity (Lustig). If the heart or lungs are affected by …show more content…
A person can really get addicted to the sugar when eating fast food because it is cheap and gives you a lot of energy (Jacobs). Sugar has some of the same effects that as crack has on a person, so that they will become addicted to this effect your pleasure center in a part of your brain (Lustig). Everybody 's brains evolved to look for high calorie packed food when food is scarce, that is because of the calories that the brain wants so that it can get more energy to power the body (Lustig). This means that if somebody does not have much money for food they will buy fast food more than likely because fast food is high in calories and it is cheap. Convenience is another important reason to why it is so easy for somebody to get addicted to fast food, People have less and less time in their day to cook healthy food that doesn 't have as much fat or calories in it (Dietz). For example a person decides whether to spend more money to make his own food for a meal but decides to order some fast food because it is cheaper and easier to