Childhood Obesity Regarding Political, Cultural, Industrial And Technological Environment

Fast Food

Fabien Han

Abstract: The topic throughout the essay will focus on the link between child obesity and fast food. It will discuss about child obesity regarding political, cultural, industrial and technological environment.

Introduction In America, children’s obesity could be explained by the fast development of fast food industry in recent years, which is judged unhealthy and unsanitary, however, up to date, a great number of American children are still consuming fast food and the number is increasing. Experts asserts this fact could be illustrated by the low cost of fast food and convenience criteria. Statistic shows that more than 30 percent of children in America are overweights (National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III) . Children are often the first target of fast food corporates, they seek profit from alluring these children by doing advertising, promotion and so forth, although every year the government spend tons of funds and effort to show the fast food is unhealthy but still the numbers of consumers are increasing. America is facing a problem of children obesity nowadays due to the unhealthy environment in which many American children are raised.

Pediatric obesity is first of all a serious problem in America. According to the National Health and Nutrition

And the situation is getting worse recently since the appearance of video game, computer, smart phone. the number of children that are obsessed with computer online game is increasing significantly, children can sit in front of the computer for hours if the parents don't intervene into it, and sometimes, the fact can undermine the relation between children and parents