The fast food industry is a way for all people to have a meal for cheap and quick. The McDonald’s franchise chooses to be mostly in all major cities and also reach out their promotions out to kids, mainly. They want kids to want their product, so that way their parents will be the ones buying the food for the them. With that being said, who’s to blame for the obesity in America? Being obese is the state of being overweight or grossly fat. Are the parents for buying the food at fault? Or perhaps maybe even the fast food owners? In order to remedy the obesity epidemic the following actions should be implemented, an increase of fresh foods, increased tax on obesogenic foods, and decreased unhealthy foods served to people. McDonald’s is promoting
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There are many reasons why unhealthiness of Americans has dramatically risen. The fast food industry has cut down on the food prices so they'll be able to compete with competitors. A burger at McDonald's cost around one dollar in McDonald’s Dollar Menu. But, ironically, a salad at McDonald's cost around 6 dollars each. As Americans find any possible way to save them a few funds, they will more than likely go for the one dollar burger rather than the more expensive salad. Americans would much rather choose the unhealthy cheaper foods instead of the better foods to save them a couple dollars. This can be seen in many places, if it is fast foods or a local supermarket, unhealthy foods are generally cheaper than their counterparts. Mainly, the foods are processed and injected with hormones to last longer on the shelves unlike organic food that is usually not touched and most likely will not last longer than a week on the shelf. With kids growing up in this environment, they are being exposed to unhealthy lifestyles at an earlier age. In Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by Figuring Out it's Cause by Jane E. Brody, states “Most American children grow up in an obesogenic environment.” (20) What Jane is saying is that obesity generally begins to occur in kid's childhoods. Around the ages four to 10 years old the kids are speechless and do not know any better on eating unhealthy foods. It is the parent’s …show more content…
If a tax would go into effect it could help Americans pockets and will definitely change on how they think about eating out and treat it as a monthly treat instead of a daily dinner for the family. So a justified tax on unhealthy foods can help children because parents will not like to spend money on expensive foods. Daily fast food consumption can cause an array of problems such as diabetes. In the last 40 years, an increase of childhood diabetes had begun to rise. This can all be linked to childhood obesity or unhealthy lifestyle for children. As they grow to adults, the health problems began to get worse and is harder to be reversed. The unhealthy foods that are being consumed because the health problems and begin to increase a danger to the kids. With staggering facts about obesity and unhealthy foods, a change to occur, people will need to take effect on how costly the food are to health and
There are many reasons why unhealthiness of Americans has dramatically risen. The fast food industry has cut down on the food prices so they'll be able to compete with competitors. A burger at McDonald's cost around one dollar in McDonald’s Dollar Menu. But, ironically, a salad at McDonald's cost around 6 dollars each. As Americans find any possible way to save them a few funds, they will more than likely go for the one dollar burger rather than the more expensive salad. Americans would much rather choose the unhealthy cheaper foods instead of the better foods to save them a couple dollars. This can be seen in many places, if it is fast foods or a local supermarket, unhealthy foods are generally cheaper than their counterparts. Mainly, the foods are processed and injected with hormones to last longer on the shelves unlike organic food that is usually not touched and most likely will not last longer than a week on the shelf. With kids growing up in this environment, they are being exposed to unhealthy lifestyles at an earlier age. In Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by Figuring Out it's Cause by Jane E. Brody, states “Most American children grow up in an obesogenic environment.” (20) What Jane is saying is that obesity generally begins to occur in kid's childhoods. Around the ages four to 10 years old the kids are speechless and do not know any better on eating unhealthy foods. It is the parent’s …show more content…
If a tax would go into effect it could help Americans pockets and will definitely change on how they think about eating out and treat it as a monthly treat instead of a daily dinner for the family. So a justified tax on unhealthy foods can help children because parents will not like to spend money on expensive foods. Daily fast food consumption can cause an array of problems such as diabetes. In the last 40 years, an increase of childhood diabetes had begun to rise. This can all be linked to childhood obesity or unhealthy lifestyle for children. As they grow to adults, the health problems began to get worse and is harder to be reversed. The unhealthy foods that are being consumed because the health problems and begin to increase a danger to the kids. With staggering facts about obesity and unhealthy foods, a change to occur, people will need to take effect on how costly the food are to health and