Obesity affects every aspect of a person's life, from their health to their relationships. The obesity epidemic has grown significantly in the United States in the past few years. So many United States citizens have fallen under alluring spell of convenient, cheap, fast food restaurants, and have lost the importance of eating a healthy, nutrient rich diet. The fast food industry presents us with an offer that is seemingly hard to beat; large quantities are tasty for a minimal price. It’s more than understandable why people are subdued into buying their subpar food. When a person is short on cash, they want to get as much food for their dollar as possible. Eventually, buying fast food becomes a habit. People are becoming obese at a rapid pace. …show more content…
If people want big burgers, they will produce the largest burgers possible. If people want 64 ounce soda cups, fast food restaurants will provide them with just that. They want you to buy their food and they will formulate an advertising plan that is hard to resist. But is it fair for an industry to manipulate average citizens like that? Our government was created to protect us. If two-thirds of Americans are obese, than our government isn’t doing it’s duty to look after it’s citizens and ensure that we are all happy and healthy. Michael Bloomberg’s proposition to create a law prohibiting the sale of large-sized sodas is an excellent step to curbing the obesity outbreak and rehabilitating Americans back to