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Summary: The Extraordinary Science Of Addictive Junk Food

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Jessica Garcia-Alvarez
Professor Fred Hess
English 101 Section 23
Essay 2 First Draft
25 October 2015

Fast Foods Obesity is an increasing national crisis. The main cause is hiding in between the wrappers of those yummy and tasteful fast food meals that we cannot simply resist. Some corporations blame it on the one who is consuming the product and some try to make better choices to change them. However, others are ignoring the claims that the fast foods are unhealthy and refuse to change it to a healthier food product. It is important for people to know the actions that corporations are completely ignoring such as nutritional labels. Without a nutritional label, there are untold dangers or negative effects to the one consuming the product. …show more content…

He begins his article how many companies struggle to maintain their stomach share and touches upon on how the food we cannot resist is driving the health crisis. The story begins with a meeting who is being run by James Behnke, an executive. The main purpose was to discuss about the growth rates of obesity, and what could companies do to change these rates. This is where problems with most American diets exist. Sugar and fat is what drives us insane to desire junk food. The combination of ingredient is not healthy for us due to the huge amounts of sodium (482). According to Moss, he states that people are snacking more that eating a proper meal (485). My brother tends to do snack more. He will come from work and talk about how he did not have enough time to eat so he just went straight to the vending machine to get a bag of Lays. It is shocking how companies know our craving and make us eat more junk foods. Similar to Zinczenko observation, he explains how most American diets are not healthy because it is difficult to find healthy food products (463). The example that Zinczenko provides is about the grapefruit. Many people can find a fast food restaurant, but not a grapefruit. People cannot have healthy lifestyle if companies do not produce healthier

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