1500 Word Fast food Essay

          America is one of the fattest counties in the world. America wasn’t chosen randomly to be the fattest country. It was all the fast food. Nowadays people like taking the easy way out by eating fast food. Is this what it has really gone down to? In reality it’s just another short way to their deathbed. It has become really easy for people to buy fast food because of all the fast food advertising that we have now. Since there is no many people eating fast food every day that goes on there will be more people suffering from high blood pressure, effects of cholesterol, and obesity.     

          America will continue to be one of the fattest countries in the world, unless people take a stand. Whatever happened to "personal responsibility"? People do not take responsibility in what they eat. Nowadays people choose to go through a drive through instead of cooking a healthy meal at their homes. People choose fast food because it may be fast and affordable or they are just too lazy to cook.

            I believe that the parents are at fault, but not only the parents but the industries as well. The industry is only marketing the products, while the parents are the ones who allow the children to eat such high-calorie foods. Parents should be a role model for their children.  They should pay more attention to what they are buying their children eat. Instead of parents blaming fast food for their children suffering from obesity they should blame themselves for falling for all their advertisements.

            Set of short articles in “Fast Food: Who’s to blame?” Shannon Brownlee, in “Its Portion Distortion that makes America Fat” states that the fast food companies are the ones that the fast food companies are the ones that are responsible for the Americans being overweight. “If you Pitch it, They will Eat it” by David Barboza stated that “ a growing number of nutritionists call it a blitzkrieg that preserves children’s eating habits and sets them on a path of obesity.” Companies see their marketing as “harmless” but in fact the opposite; the results are within the children who are exposed to the “harmless marketing”.

            David Zincsenkojin “Don’t Blame the Eater” talks about how it’s not the fast food that’s at fault, but the eaters. “Kids taking on McDonalds this week, suing the company for making them fat.” I believe that it is in fact true about being the eaters fault because fast food companies aren’t forcing their food down there throat. It is also not the company’s fault for people not seeing how much calories their food item has when they have them up in their restaurants. I believe the only reason fast food restaurants should be getting sued is for poisoning people or selling bad and expired food.

            People suffering from obesity have increased over the last several years. It all starts during their childhood years. America will continue to be the fattest if actions aren’t taken. It all leads to all the fast food restaurants that they are exposed to nowadays.