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Fast food offers an easy answer to a busy life. People can get a quick

meal, but they often don’t think of the health implications that go along with eating a diet rich in fast foods. There are many health problems associated with this poor pattern of eating and in

this project I hope to illustrate the pitfalls of such an unhealthy diet.

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This is a study done by Gulf News that shows the fast food eating habits of a survey group. This results show that 72% of the survey group eat at a fast food restaurant at least once a week.

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This is a bar graph showing the total revenue made by different fast food corporations in 2007. The McDonald’s Corporation was the highest grossing, at $22.8 billion. They beat all other fast food restaurants as well as the Doctor’s Associates.

The average adult is supposed to consume approximately 2000 calories a day. This item is nearly half, and most fast food meals would include fries and a drink, which would up the calorie count significantly.

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• An estimated 93 million Americans are obese• 400,000 deaths annually are related to obesity• Everyday 1 in 3 American youth eat fast food• It has been estimated that 15% of American youth are obese

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•Films like Super Size Me (2004) and Fast Food Nation (2006) have been produced and shine more light on the obesity epidemic and the problems with a diet rich in fast food•Hopefully this media exposure will help to curb the dangerous eating patterns that our Western culture possesses

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