Greasy, quick made, and unhealthy foods that millions of Americans consume per day. A few of the biggest Fast food chains are McDonalds, Burger king, Wendy’s, and Subway. McDonalds has made 27 Trillion dollars! There are 35,000 outlets of McDonalds in the world. In the U.S if you ever turn the corner in a city, there will be a fast food restaurant.
One of the biggest reasons that people buy fast food so much is because of the low price. “Low-class citizens buy Fast food because of cheap the food is”,Said Zanda Barakat,a junior at Fordson High school. An average burger at a fast food restaurant costs about $1-$2.A drink such as a soda, coffee,and milkshake cost about $1.Alirida Nouredine says “I go to fast food restaurants because i think the food is very tasty”.
Fast food is very unhealthy. Food addiction is the 3rd leading cause of obesity in the U.S! “The ingredients aren’t organic, and the food has a lot of fat in it”, said Adam Beydoun, a 7th grader that goes to Unis Middle School. Each fast food meal has about 10g of fat in it.Now, some people think that home cooked meals are the best types of food but, not people that love fast food. “A lot of people think that fast food is quicker and tastier than home cooked meals”,Stated Ali Almaliki, A student from Unis Middle School.
Fast food restaurants have greasy ingredients that are very unhealthy. Eating fast food stops some people from eating healthy. “Fast food is extremely unhealthy. There are ingredients that aren’t spoken about in the food, Some of the food has an uncomfortable amount of fat in it. “I eat from fast food restaurants that I can trust”, Said Journalist Jaafar Chahrour.
Though Fast food is tasty, it is very unhealthy to eat. There are lots of grams of fat and some ingredients that nobody even knows about in fast food. Either you like fast food or not, people will always buy and eat it.
Unis Middle School Journalist, Zaradasht Barakat
Subway, a fast food restaurant who was said to be healthy was actually not because they used the material from yoga mats in their bread. Even though fast food can taste very good but it is very unhealthy for you and can cause obesity as it said in the article but if you do have a addiction I say never enter that restaurant again if you don’t want to have obesity.
Salem Salem 1st Hour
Yes, I agree that this is a problem with fast food. Fast food restaurants such as Mc Donalds, Burger King, and Wendys have a lot of their food filled with fat about 10g of fat added to each meal. Also this is another problem because Fast food is very unhealthy food addiction and is the 3rd leading cause of obesity in the U.S (I would quote this but it didn’t have the information).