Fast Food Restaurants

It is hard to find time to cook a meal, therefore fast food restaurants emerge as a solution for some people. A fast food restaurant can most likely be seen at every corner of a street, and most of these establishments include a drive through. Fast food is undeniably more convenient and less expensive, but for those who wish to stay healthy, eating more time consuming meals is the way to go. Adults and parents need to take control of what they out into their bodies as well as their children before the average life expectancy for humans beings to drop due to obesity-related illnesses. Today, according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country” (392).

Fast food is not only a contributor to obesity, but it also increases the chances of getting Type II diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, gall bladder disease, and E. Coli. Each year about 70 billion dollars is spent on healthcare due to obesity. Fast food contains more unhealthy fat, or saturated fat. This comes from animal products like eggs, meat, and butter. Eating too much of this fat will increase cholesterol levels in the blood and is the main cause of a heart attack. Fast food are also high in sodium; however too much salt is bad for a person's body. It can cause high blood pressure, and obesity. An average adult only needs about 1200mg of sodium a day, fast food contains more than that.