Snack food

would be attending Mc Donals to eat; the play-zone, burgers, fries and of course the toy included in every meal, was always the highlight of my eating experience. 15 years later and now a parent to my own children, I’m disgusted with the tactics fast food companies are applying in order to lure kids into their grease filled and nutrient free restaurants. What companies like Wendy’s, McDonalds and Burgerking are doing is eventually going to affect out whole nation. Children are unaware and…

Nothing says an "American meal" like the quintessential cheese burger, large fries, and a Coke. Fast food is time-efficient, inexpensive, and tastes delicious. The fast food and snack industries have become multi-billionaire businesses. Ingesting these "foods" does not come without consequences. Pollan agues our Western Diet of refined flours, fats, and sugars leads to obesity, heart disease, and diabetes (Daily Show). According to Pollan, our diet has changed over the last one…

I have only one love in my life, and that is peanut butter. Nothing could make me not want that delicious snack. I would have peanut butter everything. Peanut butter cookies, sandwiches, candy bars, you name it and I ate it. My mother would support my addiction by giving me one spoonful every day unless I was sneaky and took more without her knowing. Even my dogs had their own jar that my parents would give them as a treat and watch them smack their little dog tongues against the roof of their…

We need to talk about fast food. America is fat. In fact, I have a friend who is fat. She is not just fat, she is obese. However, she did not realize she was obese until just last year. My friend had known that she was overweight, but her entire life changed last fall at her yearly check up. As her doctor walked into the clinic, she knew something was wrong the second she saw his face. He sat her down and gave her some of her test results. Her entire life changed as he dropped the dreaded “O”…

like pouring their own juice and helping set snack tables to tackling bigger issues like making decisions about how to spend their free time. Children who attend high quality preschool enter kindergarten with better pre-reading skills,…

Our Food is Killing Us We do everything possible to avoid death, yet our health can be compromised with every meal. The processed food we eat contains harmful additives that are considered poisonous, and the government is not properly informing people of what they are consuming. Fast and convenient is the first thing we reach for on the shelf, but these quick meals could cause long term health problems. Pathogens are not killing us, but processed foods are. These processed foods can cause a…

lunches and the lunches needs to change. One of the biggest problems with the lunches lots of the food goes to waste. Somedays the menu is just awful. So kids will order the main, eat the snack part and throw the rest away. More and more goes in the trash than is being eaten every day. According to the washington post “Some school officials had warned that picky eaters would just throw the additional food away”…

Diet-Related Diseases affecting children Source: Stopcorporateabuse.org Fast-food is a very cheap and fast to get before dinner or during lunch, but is it really good for our bodies or kids? The fast food industry is fueling a health crisis. Today, the deadliest killers in the United States are diet-related diseases. For example McDonald’s is driving in billions of dollars while kids are being hooked on unhealthy food. Nearly one in three children born in the year after 1999 will develop…

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time. Now to everybody’s favorite topic “food”. I found that the food that most people talk about and is most known is the burrito. Burritos in Arizona are also known as “burros” by Arizonans. Another food that is only in Arizona but it’s one of the most popular is fry bread. Fry bread is considered “Gods snack” by most people. It’s also delicious with whatever you want to eat it with it like a honey bun except with powdered sugar. Other foods that the whole family can enjoy are…