Therefore they don’t always have the time to go home and make a big healthy meal for their families. Then there are other times when after working that 12 hour shift, they just want to go home and relax. They decide to do what is quick and able to fill their children so they will not go to sleep hungry; fast food. Fast food is always available at any time of the day and cheaper than most options. One of the reasons why a third of U.S. adults are obese is the lure of cheap, unhealthy food (Brady 519). In restaurants like McDonalds, they have a nice list of food that is about 1 dollars plus tax, which are helpful to people on a budge. However nothing on that dollar menu is healthy. It consists of mainly burgers. There is no option to get a dollar salad the same way one is able to get a dollar burger. It is less likely for someone to want to pay 5 dollars for a salad when they can get 5 burgers for 5
Therefore they don’t always have the time to go home and make a big healthy meal for their families. Then there are other times when after working that 12 hour shift, they just want to go home and relax. They decide to do what is quick and able to fill their children so they will not go to sleep hungry; fast food. Fast food is always available at any time of the day and cheaper than most options. One of the reasons why a third of U.S. adults are obese is the lure of cheap, unhealthy food (Brady 519). In restaurants like McDonalds, they have a nice list of food that is about 1 dollars plus tax, which are helpful to people on a budge. However nothing on that dollar menu is healthy. It consists of mainly burgers. There is no option to get a dollar salad the same way one is able to get a dollar burger. It is less likely for someone to want to pay 5 dollars for a salad when they can get 5 burgers for 5