Obesity is not the only health issue to which fast food contributes. Fast food is also one of the main causes of the increase of food poisoning cases in America. ... Fast food undoubtedly gives ease to American consumers as it allows access to food more quickly. The introduction to fast food has greatly impacted the hassle of the preparation of food. ... Although fast food allows busy Americans access to food in a faster amount of time, the health risks it introduces are a great problem. ...

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First, excessive fast food intake leads to an unhealthy diet. In order to achieve a better taste, fast food companies are likely to cook food with high amounts of fat and salt. ... Although fast food companies claim that they can provide healthy, and nutritional food to children, the majority of food offered is high in calories, high in sugar, and high in fat. ... As a result, uncontrolled fast food consumption for children and not matching the daily limits of food nutrients lead to childhood obesity. ... Junk food, 2011).Tempting children to consume fast food is due to the advertisements of ...

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When looking at communities that had convenience stores and fast food chains in their vicinity, the outcome of obesity rates have the opposite effect. ... Convenience stores and fast food chains has more food at a lower price, but with a higher density of calories and lower nutritional means. ... When a family, living in a low income area has fast food restaurants in close proximity, they will not take the extra time and money to go to a supermarket to buy more expensive food for their family. ... On the "value" section of a fast food chain, a family can purchase 4 hamburgers, 4 fries and 4 so...

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More than one third of Americans are obese, and by taking a close look at the nutritional values listed on fast food restaurant menus, we can begin to see why. ... A contributing factor to the obesity epidemic is an overall lack of information on what fast foods will do to our bodies along with a lack of reinforced regulations on the campaign and marketing strategies of fast food companies. ... Fast food giants like McDonald's and Burger King have got to be the primary reason why people have so many bad eating habits. ... Fast food companies understand that children like sweetened beve...

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In the discussion of obesity in America, one controversial issue has been that fast-food has been causing obesity in America. ... Banzhaf III author of "Lawsuits Against Fast-Food Restaurants Are an Effective Way to Combat Obesity" argues that although it is the fast food fault that people are becoming obese it is also the people fault that they are becoming obese because they know what they are eating and whether it's healthy or not. ... Zinczenko talks about how teen youth doesn't have many options to choose from other than fast food, "Shouldn't we know better t...

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For more than fifty million Americans, fast food has transformed into something much more significant than a meal or a bad habit, so much so that it has become a way of life. ... Supersize Me, a film dedicated to exploring the impact of the fast food industry on the average American, utilizes powerful rhetorical strategies to argue that the abundance and accessibility of fast food chains in the United States is a prominent factor in the obesity of its citizens. In order to support his claim that fast food is negatively affecting the overall health of citizens, Spurlock references statistics a...

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Fast food restaurants encourages unhealthy eating habits that result in obesity. ... A Survey conducted in Jamaica in 2001 reveals that the trend of eating at least two meals at home is disappearing fast and fast foods are becoming the preferred diet of many Jamaicans. Consumers eat fast food due to their busy schedules. ... Fast food restaurants do good business due to consistency of meals and good marketing schemes. ... She also stated that most fast foods are too high in energy density (or calories), which leads to obesity. ...

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As a result, the policy eliminates any food and beverages that are non-nutritional, and suggest that 80% of the food and beverages sold in schools must be up to the nutritional requirements (EatRight Ontario). ... In addition, Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk mentions that by substituting fast food items such as fries and burgers that were previously served in cafeterias is why "students have abandoned the school cafeteria" and are eating off-campus. ... The policy also assumes that students cannot make healthy decisions amongst unhealthy choices; and as a consequence the banning...

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This can be attributed in part to emphasis and dependency on fast food, which is usually very high in saturated fat and carbohydrates, and is the easiest type of food available when out and about. Fast food portions are also substantially larger than what is needed by our bodies daily. ... Wherever we go it seems that food is abundant and easily attainable. ... In many cases, bulimic and anorexic people live in a household with an ample supply of fattening food, thus increasing the chance of bulimics binging and purging and anorexics staying clear of food (56). ... I have known people ...

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I see advertisements everywhere about fast food and that's not funny whatsoever. Every corner you turn there will be a fast food advertisement. ... Some kids are suing fast food companies, because they feel that they are making them fat. ... The fast food places are doing really well, but not the customers. ... The fast food restaurants are making the food cheaper so that people will go there instead of a different fast food restaurant....

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These topics will include the fast-food industry, childhood obesity, and regulation versus personal responsibility. There are many opinions on whether or not the fast-food industry is the cause for the obesity epidemic. ... He brings up the fact that there is more fast-food available than there are healthy food places. ... One issue also tied to portion size is the fast-food industry and their want for more money. ... Advertisements for junk food and fast-food increases the desire for these type of unhealthy foods. ...

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The answer is the growing multibillion dollar fast food industry. ... Such a large amount of money spend on fast food proves that Americans are purchasing more fast food but and as the Center for Disease Control reports, larger portions of it. Adults are not the only ones eating fast food. According to the 2000 California High School Fast Food Survey brand name fast foods have become a staple on high school campus. ... Fast food restaurants sell an unprecedented amount of food abounding in fat and calories every year. ...

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Fast food choices are inexpensive and located on every street corner. ... Organic foods are more expensive and less readily available. ... Fast food is inexpensive and is almost everywhere we look on every street corner. Many public schools in our country have fast food restaurants within the cafeteria which is a major result of the obesity epidemic here in the United States. ... Parents, students, government, school systems, and the fast food industry should all wake up and be advised on the growing concern that poor habits can lead to. ...

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The advertisement campaigns for bariatric surgery done by Brandon Knowlden, showing high-calorie foods being equal to triggers for suicide, show how obesity has not just negative impacts on overweight people, but also can end up killing them. ... This imagery clearly sends the message that people who consume more animal fat are likely to gain more weight or fat than those who eat more of food made out of vegetable oil. ... Saturated fats are mainly found in animal products such as meat, dairy, eggs and seafood Trans fatty acids are found in many commercially packaged foods, commercially fried ...

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In homes where parents have to work and split household chores, it is easier to offer fast food than healthy homemade meals, she added that "My study finds that weight runs in families, but it's not just because of genetics. ... Most of these ads promote nutrient-poor foods and fast food restaurants, making it look attractive to the human eye, this APA points that "34 percent for candy and snacks, 28 percent for cereal, 10 percent of fast food, 4 percent for dairy products, 1 percent for fruit juices, and 0 percent for fruits or vegetables". Food ads on television make up ...

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The old fashioned family meal with a balanced nutrition has been replaced with fast food joints like McDonald's and Taco Bell and household staples have become frozen pizza and pre-packaged processed meals. ... You may have seen the public service announcement for people to take the stairs instead of the elevator to help leave there love handles behind or fast food restaurants providing nutritional facts about all of there products. ... The American public must stop suing fast food chains for making them fat and realize that it is not the corporations' fault-it is their own. ...

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With no after school supervision and constant and quick access to fast food and microwave dinners, children are not getting the proper nutrition needed for healthy growth. ... With parents being consumed by work they take the easy way out and lead more and more towards consuming service or fast food restaurant meals or to buying microwave dinners that are already prepared, low cost, quickly accessible meals to prepare at home when time doesn't permit. ... Parents are the ones who buy the food, cook the food and decide where the food is eaten. ... This leads to fast eating and lowered aw...

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Some of these diets call for a massive consumption of protein, while others urge dieters to eat only "fat free- foods. ... All of these diets, lose weight fast gimmicks, and weight management clinics exist due to the fact that millions of Americans are overweight and want to lose weight. ... As the body's metabolic rate slows with age, many people frequently eat the same as hey did when they were younger and their metabolism was faster. ... The study states that in American society, people drive instead of walk; fast food is available twenty-four hours a day; children are bombarded with a...

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Western cultures food is abundant and the eating disorder rates are thriving. ... In fact, Anorexics will over-diet, count every calorie, fast for long periods of time, extensively exercise and even isolate themselves from friends and loved ones. ... Meanwhile the dieting pauses by digesting an enormous amount of food rather quickly, leaving the individual feeling guilty of the food intake. ... Bulimics then feel compelled to get rid of the food. ... The non-purging types will subsequently feel the need to get rid of the food they just devoured but with excruciating exercise or fasting. ...

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Hunger refers to the physiologic state of severe food deprivation, starvation, or to widespread famine. Hunger denotes also a psychological experience, that is, the complex, unpleasant, and compelling sensation an individual feels when deprived of food, which results in searching, even fighting for food to relieve the torment. ... Measured amounts of food were introduced into the stomach of subjects of normal and abnormal weight. Marked individual differences were observed in the accuracy of recognizing whether or not, and how much, food had been received. ... However, obese and anorexic patie...

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Convenience of fast food, take-out and vending machines gives parents an alternate pathway to feeding their children instead of healthy cooking, healthy habits and healthy lifestyles. These foods are usually high in calories that result in children becoming overweight. ... There are other behaviors that affect this caloric imbalance such as watching television, consuming fast food and consuming large portion sizes. ... With this sedentary activity comes the role of television advertisements for energy and sugar filled foods that influence children and parents to make unhealthy choices when i...

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When you eat, your body breaks down your food into simpler forms such as glucose. ... Depending on what food you eat and how much exercise you get will also depend what kind of insulin therapy the patient will receive. ... For newly diagnosed exercise and eating plan by putting them to low fat foods and eating in healthy portions just to keep blood glucose in normal level. ...

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Anorexia nervosa is characterized by an obsession with food and being thin. Obsession is not to be confused with the idea of actually enjoying the food and eating healthy in order to be thin, but actually is the idea of worrying about every bit of food that is consumed and then depriving themselves of food to be thin. ... Bulimia on the other hand is the binging of large amounts, usually high calorie, foods and then forcing oneself to throw up. In order to be considered a bulimic, one must engage in excessive compensatory behaviors to avoid gaining weight, such as fasting, vomiting, and abu...

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However, eating disorders is not only about weight and food, but also an excuse. Many individuals start to use food as a coping mechanism to deal with painful or uncomfortable emotional or events to help them cope with their feeling and situation. ... In order to continuing losing weight and preventing from gaining, people who suffer from this disease have a severely restrict amount of food they are allowed to eat. ... By eating a small portion of food per day, these individuals also do excessive exercise to loose weight in order for them to obtain the body shape they desire. ... Then there&#x...

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Over-consumption of energy dense and high fat foods with weak satiety value is considered a predisposing factor to obesity (Birch & Fischer 1998; NHMRC 1997). Over ¼ of Australians reported consuming high sugar fat meals and snacks (such as pastries, cakes, sweet biscuits, confectionary, high-fat fast food, ice-cream and soft-drinks) in total representing on average 1/3 of their fat intake and ¼ of their energy intake (ABS 1997, 1998 & 1999). ... Obsessive Dieting and Compulsive Eating is a form of control obsession, which centers around food. ... Controlling food intake, shape or weight b...

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