The infrastructure of the fast food industry began with humble beginnings in the early 1950’s, and has since reached a golden era — successfully establishing itself a prominent role in America’s culture. The industry has sustained public discernment and its’ public voiced major concerns pertaining to claimed negative health effects and alleged animal cruelty. It’s also presumed that the widespread availability of fast food is a leading contributor to increased obesity rates. Fast food companies don’t choose when, where and how much people eat; people do. When is it individual responsibility and when is it appropriate to place blame?
From 1950 through 1960, 33 percent of American adults were overweight and 9.7 percent were clinically obese, …show more content…
The majority of public blames fast food — and they’re not wrong. Ultimately, it’s up to the consumer to balance exercise and a healthy diet; however it’s hard to blame people, especially children, for craving fast food when they are saturated with advertisements from a young age. What is alarming is how far fast food companies are willing to go to target kids from groups already more likely to suffer from obesity — namely the poor, rural Americans and black Americans. Fast food accounts for roughly 13 percent of total calories eaten by children and teenagers and nearly a third of American kids between the ages of 2 and 11 — and nearly half of those aged 12 to 19 — eat or drink something from a fast food restaurant each …show more content…
Each and every day people choose fast food because it’s fast and easy, and because it will ‘get the job done.’ It seems harmless, satisfies your hunger, and is cheap — but really is exceedingly unhealthy. Statistics show approximately 1 out of 3 people in the United States is overweight or obese. Fast food’s ingredients are comprised mainly of sugar, fat, high calories, and high sodium — which are typical ingredients attributed to weight gain. It’s the individual’s responsibility to oversee their own health ultimately, however research indicates that fast-food is partly to blame for the growth observed increases in obesity and being overweight. Incorporating fast food into your diet is fine to do on occasion, however when it comes to be routinely you put yourself at risk to becoming a new statistic on America’s obesity
From 1950 through 1960, 33 percent of American adults were overweight and 9.7 percent were clinically obese, …show more content…
The majority of public blames fast food — and they’re not wrong. Ultimately, it’s up to the consumer to balance exercise and a healthy diet; however it’s hard to blame people, especially children, for craving fast food when they are saturated with advertisements from a young age. What is alarming is how far fast food companies are willing to go to target kids from groups already more likely to suffer from obesity — namely the poor, rural Americans and black Americans. Fast food accounts for roughly 13 percent of total calories eaten by children and teenagers and nearly a third of American kids between the ages of 2 and 11 — and nearly half of those aged 12 to 19 — eat or drink something from a fast food restaurant each …show more content…
Each and every day people choose fast food because it’s fast and easy, and because it will ‘get the job done.’ It seems harmless, satisfies your hunger, and is cheap — but really is exceedingly unhealthy. Statistics show approximately 1 out of 3 people in the United States is overweight or obese. Fast food’s ingredients are comprised mainly of sugar, fat, high calories, and high sodium — which are typical ingredients attributed to weight gain. It’s the individual’s responsibility to oversee their own health ultimately, however research indicates that fast-food is partly to blame for the growth observed increases in obesity and being overweight. Incorporating fast food into your diet is fine to do on occasion, however when it comes to be routinely you put yourself at risk to becoming a new statistic on America’s obesity