Fast Food And The United States - 1279 Words

Daniel Hernandez Professor Fay Lee English 1302 (TTh 10:10-11:35) 30 October 2014 Fast Food and Obesity in the United States Fast food restaurants have revolutionized the United States. It has helped people with low salaries be able to afford food for their family, but at the cost of their own health. Ever since the first fast food restaurant opened, health rates have dropped and keep continuing to drop. The visual argument I have chosen takes place in Africa in an environment that is a nice sunny day with trees. There is also an obese giraffe saying â€Å"McDonald’s hits Africa†. The visual is sending a message to people raising awareness about the dangers of fast food and the increase of obesity. For example, in Sarah Muntel’s article â€Å"Fast†¦show more content†¦People should only consume about 1000 to 1500 calories per day, but they consume about three times that. People over eating is causing them to be overweight. If this continues people will end up developing diseases like diabetes, heart disease or even high blood pressur e. In addition, United States is the number one country with the highest obesity rate in the world. In the article â€Å"Bad Food? Tax it, and Subsidize Vegetables† states â€Å"What will it take to get Americans to change our eating habits†¦ since heart disease, diabetes, and cancer†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Bittman 587). Every year people are dying due to obesity in the United States. People can find fast food restaurants around every corner they turn on. If people do not come up with a solution soon, everybody in the United States will become obese in a few years. By reducing the number of restaurants, people can reduce the obesity rate in the United States. In the visual argument, the word McDonalds symbolizes all fast food restaurants in the United States. For example, people will eat fast food even though it is bad for them, but they are too lazy to exercise after eating to burn their excess calories. In the article â€Å"Fast Food- Is it the Enemy†, Sarah Muntel stat es, â€Å"Most Americans are overscheduled and overcommitted. They run from activity to activity and do not make time to plan or prepare meals†. The