One in every three kids are obese in America, according to the website www.kidshealth.org. The fast food industry causes obesity by doing concerning practices and because of a lack of healthier convenient options. Obesity causes health problems such as asthma, heart failure, and diabetes. Possible solutions to this dangerous chain are educating fast food customers and stricter regulation by the FDA over the fast food companies.
First, the fast food industry is one of the main causes of obesity. For example, the fast food industry uses unhealthy ingredients such as sugar. Sugar is an unnecessary additive. Also, fast food restaurants push bigger portions. “In the past decades, portion sizes of high-caloric foods and drinks have increased and can be considered an important environmental obesogenic factor,” says a paper published in the International Journal of Obesity in 2014. The bigger portion of unhealthy food people eats, the more calories they will take in. Lastly, one of the major reasons people eat fast food a lot is because it is easy and convenient. Consequently, the fast food industry can cause obesity by using unhealthy ingredients, pushing bigger portions, and a lack of healthier, convenient options.
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For instance, obesity causes diabetes. Secondly, heart failure can also be a result of obesity. According to The American Heart Association, “A diet high in saturated and trans-fats raises cholesterol - a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.” Trans-fats tend to be in fast foods a lot. Furthermore, your chance of getting asthma rises by 37% when you eat fast food three times a week, says data researched by The International Study of Asthma and Allergies In Childhood. Thus, health issues such as diabetes, heart failure, and asthma can all be caused by