Another fact is that there are only seven items on McDonald’s menu that contain absolutely no sugar. As well as McDonald’s being unhealthy, it represents 43 percent of America’s fast food market, which makes things even worse. Also, each day 1 in 4 Americans visits a fast food restaurant. 4 I think that it makes complete sense that the main cause for people being overweight and obese is the fast food industry. The food is already so fattening.
This may vary depending on several factors such as age, weight, height, physical activity and gender. Fast food has had a negative impact on Americans, especially teenagers, as it has been linked to serious health problems ranging from obesity to diabetes. McDonald’s is one of the main fast food restaurants responsible for health problems on teenagers in the United States. Physical Problems Plenty of McDonald’s food is good tasting, except that it is not nutritionally balanced and, therefore, unhealthy if consumed on a regular basis. Burgers, French fries, sodas, milkshakes, ice cream, etc are just an example of the wide menu McDonald’s has to offer the consumer making it easy for them to order a highly caloric meal.
Another fact is that there are only seven items on McDonald’s menu that contain absolutely no sugar. As well as McDonald’s being unhealthy, it represents 43 percent of America’s fast food market, which makes things even worse. Also, each day 1 in 4 Americans visits a fast food restaurant. I think that it makes complete sense that the main cause for people being overweight and obese is the fast food industry. The food is already so fattening.
The movie Super Size Me is an American documentary film about understanding the benefits as well as the troubles of specific eating habits. There are many dangers of eating fast food; physical and psychological effects. Morgan Spurlock, the documentary’s main character, ate nothing but McDonald’s fast food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for thirty days straight. We watched as Morgan’s weight increased drastically, his health weakened, and he began to show signs of depression. In addition, this documentary also illustrates the fast food industry’s corporate influence, the spread of obesity throughout the United States, and the lawsuit against McDonalds, on behalf of two women allegedly obese as a result of eating McDonald’s food.
I believe that we are taking it too far by blaming fast food restaurants for obesity and that it is an individual’s responsibility to take the blame. The first fast food restaurants developed in America in the 1920’s and the United States has grown to have the largest fast food industry in the world. Currently one third of American children are obese or at risk of becoming obese and 67% of Americans are obese. McDonald’s was invented in the 1940’s and has since acquired millions of lawsuits for their extremely unhealthy food. Burger King soon followed in the 50’s and has also received its fair share of lawsuits.
Being monitored by three physicians; a general practitioner, a cardiologist, and a gastroenterologist, Spurlock kept track of how his health was being harmed each and every day to prove his point that McDonald’s, as well as every fast food restaurant, isn’t the best choice of nutritional food. The review is for the Los Angeles Times to consider publishing as one of its reviews of the film. The Problem: McDonald’s is a revenue making giant that sells fast food meals without much regard to the effects it will have on the health of society. One of the primary reasons people are obese today in the United States is because of fast food consumption. It is after all is the easiest and fastest way to get full when one is in a rush, especially with it being cheap and conveniently available almost at every corner of any major street in Los Angeles and every other city in the world today for that matter.
Obesity in America is becoming more and more common, and some are beginning to wonder if there is a specific reason for this. Recently there have been many lawsuits against McDonalds for knowingly selling unhealthy foods and it has given some the impression that they have something to do with this problem. But is McDonalds the problem, or is it the choices Americans are now making? Documentarian, Morgan Spurlock, explored the effects of the fast food industry by using himself as a guinea pig for an experiment in which he eats McDonald’s food for 30 days. Even though Spurlock makes many valid points in his documentary, I still believe that the eating habits of Americans today are based on their own choices and they should be responsible for those choices.
She points out some alarming sources of evidence leading up to her case. Based from the title of her analysis, with the words “Supersize Me” leading the title, she enlightens us with the increase of calories given in what today's “obesogenic” society would claim is a standard meal from the head-honcho of fast food, McDonald's. In the 1960's, 590 calories seemed standard as apposed to today's “Supersized (snack),” 1,550 calories. It has become apparent, that given the demanding schedules, working overtime hours in our poor economy, and increased homework hours with today's students, that we feel there is no time to prepare a home-cooked meal with the appropriate nutritious ingredients our bodies need; therefor,
The average teenage or adult woman needs to eat between 4000 to 7500 kilojoules each day to stay healthy. A person with anorexia will eat 1000 to 2000 kilojoules a day. A lot of people with anorexia say that they like to feel hungry because than they know they are not gaining weight. A lot of anorexics become anorexics because they have been abused physically or mentally. People with eating disorders often want to feel special and accepted by others.
Size zero puts pressure on young women who are overweight. By comparing themselves to “zeros” young women only achieve low self-esteem. They are made to think they are unattractive. They go through the stress of unsafe cosmetic surgeries such as tummy tucks, to appear like fashion icons. Celebrity nutritionist Dr Adam Carey says that, “I think the current vogue is macabre.