Fast Food As An Common, Easy Meal - 1661 Words

How many times do you eat fast food in a given week? Is it tough choosing which fast food restaurant you want to go to? What do you order when you are sitting the McDonald’s drive thru? As a college student, with no income, writing papers and taking strenuous tests, I do not have the time or the financial resources to spend ample amounts of money going grocery shopping and cooking a heart healthy meal. A one dollar hamburger from McDonald’s is much more adventitious regarding my financial situation. This busy life style relies on fast food as an common, easy meal. In Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser associates America’s fast food dependence to the rapid escalation in the number of obese men and women: â€Å"The United States has the highest†¦show more content†¦America has become reliant on fast food as a daily meal, Palo Alto Medical Foundation explains, â€Å" 25 percent of Americans consume fast food everyday† (Ransohoff). One out of four peop le eating at a fast food restaurant on a daily basis is a major contribution to the growing number of obese men and women in America. Consuming high sodium, processed foods that these restaurants pack their products full of, rather than freshly prepared meals is a major contribution to these increasing statistics. The amount of Americans that are obese compared to Asian cultures is astonishing, 30.6% of Americans are obese, compared to 3.2% of Japanese and Koreans† (Medical News Today). The United States percentage of obese being so contrasting in comparison to other countries can be explained merely on food choices and lifestyle. One of the main inclinations that American has a higher obesity related to the fast food we eat, one source shows, â€Å"The McDonald s Chicken McNuggets in the United States have more than twice as much salt as their sister nuggets in the United Kingdom† (Shute). Excess sodium consumption has been directly linked to the increase of cardiovasc ular disease, and type two diabetes, which is usually found within obese men and women. The mere fact that we eat these foods quite often, and our fast food choices are packed with unhealthy nutrients is a defining factor of a fast food nation, which America