“Unhealthy foods that are loved by Americans include 29 lbs. of French fries, 23 lbs. of pizza and 24 lbs. of ice cream. Adding to these numbers are the 53 gallons of soda drunk each year, which averages to about 1 gallon each week for the average person.” (Wesley, 1)This sentence from “Food Consumption in America” by Daniel Wesley. In the United States there are a lot of junk foods are consumed every day. Junk food is a derisive slang term for food that is of little nutritional value and often high in fat, sugar, salt, and calories. Foods commonly considered junk foods include fried fast food, sweet desserts, salted snack foods, candy, gum, and sugary carbonated beverages. Although often eat junk foods is bad for health, many people are still
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Many people have busy schedules for work or study, which make they do not have time to cook healthy meals and therefore eat junk foods. In the “Reasons People Eat Junk Food Instead of Healthy Food” by Derek Bryan, he expound that “Busy schedules often diminish the amount of time people have to prepare healthy, nutritious meals, so they opt for faster, easier options” (Dryan 1). In other words, they do have sufficient time to cook healthy and nutritious meals so they choose eating junk food. Thus, people have busy schedules is one reason of why people eating junk …show more content…
Living in today 's society, people have to face all kinds of pressures, whatever profession, and the pressures made people anxiety and tired therefore they need much energy. However most junk foods are high-calorie foods that are exactly what they need. In the “Reasons People Eat Junk Food Instead of Healthy Food” by Derek Bryan, he expound that “A peripheral result of this fast-paced culture is increased levels of stress and anxiety. Increased stress levels cause the body to expend more energy, stimulating hunger for calorie-dense sustenance and driving people to eat fatty, sugary junk food”(Dryan 1). In other words, pressure and anxiety made body to expend more energy, people need to eat fatty, sugary junk food. Thus, people have much pressure and anxiety is a reason of why people eating junk
Many people have busy schedules for work or study, which make they do not have time to cook healthy meals and therefore eat junk foods. In the “Reasons People Eat Junk Food Instead of Healthy Food” by Derek Bryan, he expound that “Busy schedules often diminish the amount of time people have to prepare healthy, nutritious meals, so they opt for faster, easier options” (Dryan 1). In other words, they do have sufficient time to cook healthy and nutritious meals so they choose eating junk food. Thus, people have busy schedules is one reason of why people eating junk …show more content…
Living in today 's society, people have to face all kinds of pressures, whatever profession, and the pressures made people anxiety and tired therefore they need much energy. However most junk foods are high-calorie foods that are exactly what they need. In the “Reasons People Eat Junk Food Instead of Healthy Food” by Derek Bryan, he expound that “A peripheral result of this fast-paced culture is increased levels of stress and anxiety. Increased stress levels cause the body to expend more energy, stimulating hunger for calorie-dense sustenance and driving people to eat fatty, sugary junk food”(Dryan 1). In other words, pressure and anxiety made body to expend more energy, people need to eat fatty, sugary junk food. Thus, people have much pressure and anxiety is a reason of why people eating junk