julians+pet+peeve

Big Macs and Whoppers; this is just the beginning. Obesity is consuming America. This is a growing problem that needs to stop. We are humans, we aren’t supposed to eat like a jumbo jet eats gas. According to the author of Fast Food Nation, fast food is designed to make you want to eat it. Fast food is prepared with fatty chemicals which has been proven to induce heart attacks among teenagers the globe. Also, teens are being sucked into the world video games, and they’re not coming out. This laziness will not help with the obesity problem in our country. We need to drastically change the way that people in our generation eat and exercise. I rarely go out to eat, especially fast food. I can remember one of the few times I went to McDonalds, I couldn’t help but see the sweaty morbidly obese man demanding his 3 Big Macs. But what he got wasn’t just the burgers, but the entire meal; 3 burgers, 3 portions of fries and 3 large sodas. Then he did the unimaginable- he super sized. What we have here is a super sized meal for a super sized man. I was so disgusted. I thought that what I was eating, chicken strips, was bad. The first thing that came to minds I observed this repulsive sight is that some people eat like this every day, 3 meals a day, if not more. A children’s cheese burger contains 2,000 calories. That’s almost as much as the average, not super sized, person is supposed to eat in a day. Imagine how many calories the people who eat there every day consume. Its not just the fast food that causes obesity, it’s laziness. This is the one that, in the words of Dane Cook, drives me “banana sandwich“. When it’s a nice day out, go outside please. Don’t stay inside playing x-box and eating chips. It’s almost as if you want 2 chins. I think that everyone should take care of their bodies because after all, you are not going to receive a replacement after you destroy it. This is why I strongly recommend that all people should participate in some form of physical activity on a daily basis. No, moving your thumbs on the controller and lifting chips to your mouth should not be confused with actual physical exercise. To be honest, eating fast food sickens me. It is so full of salt, fat and carbohydrates. I don’t know why people choose to live an apathetic life and eat fast food, when it will only shorten your life. Seriously, stop eating fast food and get outside. Be healthy. .