Obesity: Caused by Fast Food
...2” (“Economic Consequences”). There is so much money being spent on obesity by the government because people don’t want to exercise and fast food restaurants refuse to make healthier food. Fast food is the quickest way to get food. This is perfect for people living busy lifestyles. They often grab fast food not knowing how bad it is for them. Many people don’t have enough time to eat breakfast at home so they go to McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts on the way to work. Not knowing how bad it can be many people for breakfast might get a Sausage, Egg & Cheese McGriddle™, this contains 550 calories and 33 grams of fat. That is 51 percent of the fat need in a day. Eating a salad for lunch is usually healthy, but going to McDonalds for a salad is definitely not healthy. Getting a Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad with Newman's Own® Ranch Dressing will give you 600 calories and 46 grams of fat. This is worse than a Big Mac®. Chicken is considered healthy until you get to a fast food restaurant. When you get a Chicken Whopper at Burger King it has 570 calories, 25 grams of fat, and 1410 mg of sodium. Many families are very busy and don’t have time to cook dinner. They will usually pick up fast food for dinner. Having three slices of cheese pizza from Papa John’s will give 630 calories, 24 grams of fat, and 66 percent of the daily value of sodium. The list of unhealthy foods in fast food restaurants goes on forever. Eating these foods once in a while is alright. The problem starts happening when these foods are being consumed on regular basis. Fast food can become a problem or an addiction if consumed on regular basis. People who don’t have time to cook a meal at home are more likely to start eating fast food on a regular basis. If fast food is eaten on a regular basis it becomes habit forming. Without eating the burgers, fries, and other fast foods you start felling depressed. This was shown in Super Size Me. When Morgan Spurlock ate the burgers and fries it made him feel happy for a short term: like a drug. A new study shows getting of a fast-food habit might be as “difficult as quitting smoking, or even getting off hard drugs like heroine” (“Kicking the Fast-Food Habit”). Once someone gets hooked on fast food it is very hard to stop eating it. This is why many people consider fast food a drug. Fast food restaurants have king size and supersize meals to get you addicted to their food quicker. People buy these thinking they are getting a good deal, but in realty the company is getting you addicted their food. In turn they are the ones getting the better deal. Many people living in a fast paced life don’t have time to exercise. Losing weight is very hard for many reasons. The body’s fat cells, adipose cells, remain even if you lose weight. They keep trying to get the body to fill them up with fat and this cause the person to eat more. This is why it is hard for some people to lose weight. Fast food companies put outrageous amounts of fats and cholesterol to make them taste better. McDonalds used to put beef in the oil when they cooked the fries to make them taste better. Many vegetarians ate those fries and were very angry when they found out. Fast food co...