Elyette Millar
Professor Ross
English 102
30 January 2023
Modern Argument
Obesity in America
More than two thirds of adults in the United States are either obese or overweight. 36.5 percent of adults are obese with another 32.5 percent overweight. That is more than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or have obesity. Limiting the availability of fast food and their locations can decrease the obesity rates in the United States. Fast food is one of the top contributors to obesity and should be more regulated. The unhealthy ingredients in fast food are addictive, leading to an increased BMI. Having less access to fast food will limit the consumption and it is an affordable way to effectively lower obesity.
Reducing the number of fast food locations makes the consumption of it less convenient, therefore, causing
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In the article “How Junk Food Can End Obesity” by David A Freeman, we read, “Fat carries more than twice as many calories as carbohydrates and proteins do per gram, which means just a little fat can turn into a serving of food into a calorie bomb” (80). Because a filling meal at a fast food restaurant carries large amounts of fat, eating until one is full would be an overload of calories. The overload of fat and calories decreases the health of the consumer and increases obesity. The same article rights, “A central claim of the wholesome-food movement is that wholesome is healthier because it does not have the artificial flavors, preservatives, and other additives, or generally modified ingredients found in the industrialized food; because it isn't subjected to the physical transformations that processed foods go through; and because it doesn't sit around for days, weeks or months, as industrialized food sometimes does” (82). The large contribution fast food has on the population and their obesity is substantial and should be