Obesity Case

First there's the hot new movie kids just have to see. Then there's the toy tie-in they just have to get. With that toy comes a thing like a happy meal packed with calories and fat (Tracy). This could be the beginning of childhood obesity. As the trend of obesity doubles, so does the number of fast food restaurants in an area ("Diabetes Improvement"). Children of America are considered the unhealthiest in the world as sixty percent of American children are either overweight or obese (Spurlock). This is due to the number of calories in unhealthy ingredients provided by fast food restaurants. Fast food restaurants are responsible for the growing trend of childhood obesity in the United States.

Fast food companies like McDonald's also known as "Mickey D's" by children with their, "oh so convenient dollar menu", add to the obesity trend. They serve you your bad health on a platter and you accept it without hesitation. Companies target specific age groups through advertising. Everyone who watches the McDonald's commercials, especially the ones about kids meals that costs a dollar and ninety-nine cents every Tuesday and Thursday with a toy included. Do these children really need a toy? We don't believe so, but the advertisement shows them that a toy is included. Therefore, the children expect their toy to be in the box when they receive their meal- bringing us to the conclusion that children only eat the unhealthy food (burgers, nuggets, etc.) for the toy.

At a young age, all kids focus on or think about when it comes to food is happy meals from such places as McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and so on. However, Others say that it's the parents job to be in charge of what a child eats. Whether it's healthy or unhealthy for them? It is the parent's choice to let their child eat fast food. I understand that they are young, but that is where it all begins- how child obesity comes about. If the parent actually put into effort of making the child eat more healthy foods or maybe even saying, "No, you're eating something healthy tonight." we could stop child obesity. Stop giving in to their unhealthy hunger habits would also help a lot more than parents seem to realize. Eating fast food at a constant rate or on a daily basis could lead to type 2 diabetes increasing in insulin resistance.