FAST FOOD IN AMERICA

Kimberly David
1st Cossick
 White Castle Restaurant

The White Castle in Wichita, Kansas is

known to be the first fast food restaurant
which was opened during the 1920’s
 Market Demand

Hamburgers weren’t usually eaten, until the

founders Billy Ingram and J. Walter
Anderson, the founders of White Castle,
created the Market Demand
 What’s Market Demand?

Market Demand = Discounts

 2 for the price of 1
 Mini meals for $3
 Buy 2 get one free
 Meals with toys
 Advertising

The United States spends more than 33

billion dollars a year on advertising fast
food.
 Obesity

America’s obesity rate has increased about

20% from 1990 to 2004
 McDonald’s and the kids of America

 Every month, more than 90% of the kids in America

eat McDonald’s
Obese children of America has doubled in
the past 20 years. These children are most
likely to be diagnosed with different
illnesses
What’s really in your Fast Food?

• Taco Bell: Rice contains

dimethylpolysiloxane, which is used in
adhesives.

• Wendy’s: Low fat honey mustard dressing

contains titanium dioxide, which is used
for sunscreens.
Chicken Mc Nuggets

Chicken nuggets are

actually not made
up of chicken, only
a small percent of
the nugget is
chicken, the rest is
unknown.
 Hamburgers

The meat in your hamburgers are actually

made up of different types of meats from
different types of cows.
Health effects

Fast food will most

likely cause obesity,
diabetes, heart
failure, and many
more body defects
McDonald’s cancer sign
About 300,ooo people die each year because
of being obese or over weight.
 Conclusion
Fast food has been known to be around for
more than half a century. It has changed
throughout years, and now it has become
dangerous. Fast food is known to cause
body and health defects, but Americans
still continue eat it.