When given the topics of obesity and fast food, a common association is with America. With the obesity rate growing in America, it is astonishing that more and more fast food restaurants are being built and promoted. Americans are facing more demand to work and less time for physical activity, causing them to eat a faster meal then to keep their bodies healthy. It is almost impossible for the average American to remember what food used to be like, and most importantly, it is growing on the new generation that fast food is okay to eat on a regular basis. Focusing on this topic, I am going to inform you on the effects of fast food, the increased size of food portions, and the growing population of obese Americans.
What once started as a convenience to travelers, has now turned into a gluttonous pastime for everyday citizens. Every day, millions upon millions of Americans make their way to and from fast food restaurants. This obsession with eating out has become so intense that it is almost impossible to pass through a town without seeing a fast food restaurant. No one has understood why this obsession has come along and why it continues to strive. The consumer knows that the food is not healthy, can see the amount of calories that they are consuming, and yet, they still choose to return for more. On top of the amount of calories that a meal contains, there is the portion size of the meal. A consumer at a fast food restaurant feels that they are getting a better deal if they get the larger size because it only costs a little bit more, thus consuming more calories than initially intended. Imagine the last bagel that you have eaten, the smell causing your mouth to water. The warmth radiating off your hand as you spread cream cheese over the top of it. How the size of it is almost the size of your outstretched fingers. Now, imagine a bagel half that size, specifically 3 inches in diameter. The portion size of a bagel has doubled in size since it was first created, now imagine all the other foods you like to eat. Almost all foods have become larger in portion size, and if the portion size hasn’t changed, the size of the plate has. Fast food restaurants are creating larger food portions to make you feel as though you are getting the most out of your buck, but what they don’t want to realize is how unhealthy the food really is. They even have an option for the people that aren’t fast food fans, salad. Salad may look healthy upon arrival, but once you add the sauce on top, you might as well have just gotten a juicy, calorie loaded burger off the dollar menu. The double in portion sizes has caused a countless amounts of Americans to
take care of yourself. Since Kevin works in a fast food restaurant his temptation is going to be very difficult to overcome. Kevin will have to be determined for not only himself but for the team as well. Changing Kevin's eating habits will be the hardest. As stated before, but Kevin working in fast food he will be tempted, especially with his discount making the food inexpensive for him. I do not recommend Kevin to automatically stop eating fast food, but to try and eat it as seldom as possible…
Food Inc. 24 September 2013 The food production industry has changed greatly within the past many years. Some may believe that it has been a benefit to our society, while others may disagree and say that it has been a downfall for our country. Every person is entitled to their own opinion, however, with the issue of food production there is safety precautions that need to be taken or the world could turn into one giant disease. During the horticulture, trees would be cut down and then nitrogen…
Flatbush does not have the healthiest options. The food chain goes from Checkers, Subways, 7’ Eleven, Golden Crust, Chinese Food, Mexican Food, Popeyes, Burger King, Mc’ Donald’s, West Indian restaurants, two Caribbean markets and Key Food. These options are so differnet than Park Slope where they have many healthy stores, salad stores, Chinese and Mexican store, frozen yogurt shops and abundance of fresh fruit shops. Even though this can be seen as a downfall in East Flatbush in both neighborhoods you will…
physical and psychological health problems. Here’s a question who’s to blame for childhood obesity? Obesity is the largest concern in our country, but it is just not our country. This has gone worldwide. One of the problems is that the fast food restaurants are supersizing their products and decreasing the cost. This is what causes childhood obesity. As the saying goes you are what you eat as our nation grows so does the appetite of many American children. Or do you not know that your body…
Accounting Paper “The Epic Downfall To American airlines” American Airlines is a prestigious airline that started out only accompanies first American Airlines began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 10, 1939.In 1942, American entered the airline catering business with a subsidiary called Sky Chefs, providing food service to its passengers as well as to other airlines. American Airways was developed from a conglomeration of 82 small airlines from 1930-1932. American Airways was a…
skipped in general. Fast food has come to replace home meals and technology is often the alternate option to exercise. As a country that strives to be the best in all that it does, over the past decade or so we have become number one in obesity, a category that no one wants to be at the top at. When one looks back on history they are able to understand how changes came to be, and how the ideas of society have changed. Man has always struggled for survival, and throughout history food shortage and malnutrition…
with some visitors. These visitors would cause the islands to be put to use; to finally allow it to have a purpose. However, it would soon come to pass, that the visitors, who had given the island purpose, would also be the cause of its eventual downfall. “Hundreds of years ago, a small group of Polynesians rowed their wooden outrigger canoes across vast stretches of open sea, navigating by the evening stars and the day's ocean swells. When and why these people left their native land remains…
hotel owner buys, may mean that other local food supplies are creating more business, how people travel to get to the hotel like a trains, buses and taxis for example, even as simple to the business cards the hotel may need, someone has to provide them therefore creating a job. The Hospitality industry worldwide is very diverse and is forever changing and adapting to individual’s needs and wants. Although you may think hospitality only really works around food and hotels, it actually has many sectors…
feeling show through. In one paragraph he writes about the elderly poor. He satirically explains that nothing needs to be done for them “because it is very well known that they are every day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and filth and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected” (Swift). This point is meant to criticize the conditions of the cities in Ireland due to the heavy taxation from the English. Ireland is in so much debt that they cannot break away from England. This relationship causes…
Childhood Obesity: A Growing Epidemic Matt Vogel University of South Dakota Introduction: Would you like to super-size this meal for an extra $.39? That is a question far too many Americans hear everyday. People in this country are getting fatter and fatter. "In a study conducted by the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM), the prevalence of obese children age 6 to 11 is three times as high as 30 years ago," (Arnst and Kiley, 2004). Additionally, 31% of the total U.S. population is classified…
