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Emiliano Ayon

O’Meara

Adv Eng Pd. 4

28 Nov 2018

FFN PA Final Draft

People are obese all around the world and the amount of high calories in fast food seems

to be the problem. Many people drive to a fast food place, order a burger with some fries and

maybe even a drink. What the people who are ordering the food are not realizing is the amount

of calories that are in the food. The calorie content should be limited because many people

around the world are obese due to fast food and how unhealthy it is. The ingredients in fast foods

should not be consumed by children because the ingredients can cause many different diseases

that will make children suffer. Should the calories stay the same, the quantity of obese people

will most likely double in the near future. Many people around the world are obese because of

fast food and how unhealthy it is. According to “Fast Food:Unfriendly and Unhealthy,”

“Individuals who had meals at fast-food restaurants more than two times a week gained 4.5kg

more weight and had a 104% greater increase in insulin resistance… people who frequently

expose themselves to fast food are at increased risk of weight gain over time and of developing

type 2 diabetes”(Stender 887). Therefore, individuals who consume fast food are gaining weight

and are having dysfunctions in there bodies because of it. If one were to consume fast food two

or more times a week, that person would have gained weight and would have increased the

chance of them obtaining various diseases such as type 2 diabetes, a greater insulin intake, and

cholesterol. These diseases can cause one to suffer and possibly even kill those who have any of
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these diseases. The individuals who are consuming fast food should stop before the food harms

them more than what it has already. According to the book Fast Food Nation, “Today about

one-third of all Japanese men in their thirties-members of the nation’s first generation raised on

Happy Meals and ‘Bi-guma-kus’-are overweight. Heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and

breast cancer, the principal ‘disease of affluence,’ have been linked to diets low in fiber and high

in animal fats.”(Schlosser 242-243). Furthermore, the consumption of fast is high not just in the

United States but, in all parts of the world. Many people are suffering through many diseases

such as colon cancer, diabetes, and breast cancer. The problem with this is that the Japanese first

generation are being fed the same food that is causing their parents to have many diseases, which

can eventually cause one to become overweight and unhealthy potentially leading to death. The

diseases are being caused by the ingredients in the food for example the high fats in animals

effects ones blood, which leads to high blood pressure and heart problems. The calorie content

should be limited for the safety of the people's health in the future. Fast food does not only cause

one to become unhealthy and obese but, it is unsafe for the children to be consuming it. The

ingredients in fast foods should not be consumed by children. According to “Clustering of

Fast-Food Restaurants Around Schools,” states, “On a typical day, almost a third of children and

adolescents eat fast food… On days when youths eat fast food, compared with days when they

do not, they consume more total calories, more fat, more added sugars, more sugar-sweetened

drinks, and fewer fruits and vegetables”(Davis 505). Hence, the unhealthiness in fast food does

not only have an effect on the adults who consume it but, a third of adolescents as well. The

ingredients contained in fast food are harmful to the children consuming the food because of all

of the calories in them, the extremely high sugars in not only the drinks but, in the food itself,
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and the fats that are in the meat of the food, which lead to heart problems to the children at a

young age. Instead, a child should be consuming fruits and vegetables because they are much

healthier and have fewer calories, less sugars and tolerable fats than fast food. Children should

not continue to eat fast food because it is harmful for them and can lead to many health problems

that many adults are facing. The calorie content in fast foods is too high and should be lessened

because many people around the world are obese due to fast food and how unhealthy it is, seeing

that it is the ingredients in fast foods as well that the adolescents are consuming which can

potentially lead to various diseases that cause many children to suffer at an early age. Many of

the health problems, obese people and adolescents around the world are affected by the high

calorie content in fast foods.