Obesity is a growing epidemic around the world. Nauru is a small country of under 10,000 people and was mostly populated by thin and healthy citizens but after they started importing fast foods they have become the fattest country in the world. Fast food causes a variety of diseases that can lead to death and are to blame for rising obesity rates. Due to the diseases caused by obesity medical bills have also skyrocketed with the introduction of fast foods. Inactivity is also a main factor to contribute to the rates rising. Obesity is a horrifying wide-ranging sickness that needs to be overcome, but if the fast food industry isn’t demonized like cigarettes are the rates will only keep increasing.
The fast food industry can be directly linked to obesity and a variety of diseases. A variety of diseases includes arthritis, cancer, and diabetes just to list a few. High blood pressure is the most abundant disease that can be linked to the consumption of pure sugar and cholesterol that people have come to call fast food. Fast food such as fried burgers, chicken and fries are dipped
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There is a lot of inactivity in the U.S. due to all the sugar that we have in our drinks these days. According to the American Heart Association the recommended daily sugar intake for men is 37.5 grams, for women its 25 grams. But nowadays it’s almost impossible to stay under that limit due to the amount of sweeteners they put into your drinks and desserts. A 12 fluid ounce sized can of Coca-Cola has 39 grams of sugar, drinking that one can would already put you over the limit whether you’re a man or women and what happens when you consume too much sugar? Your body overproduces insulin and stores all the extra sugar as fat in your body. This process also takes a lot of energy and that’s why when you drink the Coca-Cola you feel hyper but then you have a horrible crash which is the reason why fast food can lead to obesity and