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Why Do People Eat Fast Food?

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Why do people eat fast food? This is a question I have been thinking about (ironically, I also eat fast food). There was a  survey that was done by the University of Minnesota and it was the research was published in the journal obesity. The University of Minnesota surveyed randomly selected 560 adults by phone. The participants were questioned about their attitudes towards fast food and their consumption of fast food.

It was found that males ate more fast food than females. It was also found that single people ate more fast food than married people.  This is interesting. This means that a young single male is more likely than anybody to eat fast food.

I eat fast food because it tastes good. And it is quicker to get. If you don’t eat fast food, that means that you probably prepare your ow food which is good. Your home made food would be healthy than fast food because you know what you prepared.

The only problem I have with fast food is that there is a lot of salt in the food. Taking a lot of salt into the body is not good because salt contain sodium. And consuming a lot of sodium can increase your risk of having high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. As you know, these sicknesses can be fatal. I don’t know why there is a lot of salt in the food, but I believe that is what makes them to have more sales.

Apart from getting high blood pressure and stroke, people are at risk of being obese. The major source of obesity is the soda that is sold. Soda contains a lot of sugar.

If you want to stay healthy eating fast food, keep your eating to minimum. The lesser you eat fast food, the lower you get any sickness from eating them.

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July 27th, 2009 at 11:45 pm