Have you ever gone to a McDonald's and ordered a Big Mac and wondered how much fat is in that delicious burger? Or how about all the other things like sodium content, calories, and carbohydrates? What about the soda, packed with sugar, that comes with the meal? Not everyone has asked themselves those questions, all they do is scarf it all down and leave it at that. "Until 1980, fewer than one in 10 people in industrialized countries like the United States were obese. Today, these rates have doubled or tripled. In almost half of developed countries, one out of every two people is overweight or obese" (Rampell). This is all because of all these fast food restaurants that are being built like Burger King, McDonald's, KFC, etc. If restaurants keep serving food like burgers and fatty foods, everywhere you look there will be at least one person who is obese. Some people go to fast food restaurants every single day and as a result, they are killing themselves from the insde-out.
A few years ago, there was a documentary named "Super Size Me," that showed what eating fast food everyday did to your body after a few months. In the end, the guy that was performing the experiment was on the border line of liver failure and gained more than fifty pounds. As a result of this documentary, the McDonald's corperation removed the "Super Size" from their menu.
Instead of going to a fast food restaurant, and risk getting a heart attack, go to a place where they have healthier choices on the menu like a salad.
Works Cited
Rampell, C. (2010, September). The World is Fat. Retrieved October 7, 2010, from The New York Times: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/the-world-is-fat/?scp=1&sq=the%20world%20is%20fat&st=cse
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