Obesity Analytical Essay

Introduction

Analytical skills are crucial in ensuring the success of a business. This allows the business to identify their opportunities and/or threats thus allowing them to make changes or adjustments that will best suit the nature of the business.

Theoretical summary

Obesity is the accumulation of abnormal, excessive weight due to excessive calorie consumption; which in turn has great negative implications on one’s health. Statistics show that there has been a significant increase of obesity among the American population. This epidemic has increased by approximately 20% in 2014 and is the cause of America’s 18% death rate. Interestingly, the rate of obesity in adults seems as though it has come to a slow while the rate in children has

As to cause and to contribute are two very different things.

Source 1, Do Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity?, explains that the closer and more accessible a fast food restaurant is the more appealing it becomes. The source states that consumers with low self-control become increasingly tempted to purchase these foods as it is so easy to do so. The close proximity of fast food restaurants are said to also cut down travel costs thus decreasing fuel expenditure, thus increasing consumer buying power by allowing one to be thriftier with their money. Therefore the residents of areas that are close to fast food restaurants often have higher risks & rates of obesity, over areas that are located further away, thus proving that fast food restaurants can and do influence obesity.

Fast food franchises have been made aware of the impact that they have on the rate of obesity, therefore food policies have been enforced (such as calorie information on restaurant menus & the taxing of sugar-sweetened beverages). Despite these efforts all three sources agree on the ineffectiveness of these policies, as they have had no influence on the consumers’ buying trends. Fast food restaurants cannot be held responsible for consumers who choose to ignore these