Obesity



In order to prevent obesity fast food outlets should be banned worldwide.

For: Fast food outlets should be banned. Although it’s a big cause of obesity, many people just enjoy the taste and satisfactory of eating fast food. People that aren’t obese love it to, they eat it in moderation. Obese people eat too much junk food too often, especially fast foods. The only thing obese people have to do is cut down on the junk and do some exercise.

Fast food outlets include, McDonalds, KFC, Hungary Jacks, etc. Obese people eat too much of this. Being obese doesn’t just affect the body, it also affects the person. Fast food outlets just make money out of creating junk. If all of these outlets were to be banned, people would half the worry of becoming obese. Many people just love junk food, but they’re also aware of what it could cause so they eat it sometimes.

Banning fast food outlets is a good idea. If they were banned then people would just have to go to outlets that provide healthy food to the public. Subway is a very good example of this. Each six inch sub they have contains less than 6 grams of fat and scientists have proven it. On the other hand a big Mac however contains a massive twenty nine grams of fat. That is a difference of twenty three grams of fat. See, many people when they eat junk food, they don’t realise what’s in it. Subway though, tells you how many grams of fat are in a sub you order.

Subway food is fresh. Fast food….A sub is made out of fresh ingredients. “Chicken nuggets are made out of chicken skin, chicken fat and bones.”-Jamie Oliver. All these ingredients are then grinded together and flung on a pan or in the oven and then are cooked. That’s all what a chicken nugget is. Adults aren’t the only people that are obese. Children are too and it’s all thanks to KFC, McDonalds and so on. The number of people that are overweight or obese rivals the number of the people that are hungry and, underweight. In the United States 55% of the people are overweight and a outstanding 23% are obese. According to a recording in 2005 1.6 billion adults (15+) were overweight, at least 400 million adults are obese and around 20 million children under the age of five were overweight. That’s all over the world and can you imagine it taking over the number of underweight people and also rivalling the number of hungry people. That also is only in 2005, so imagine if the crisis hasn’t changed, then the number of overweight and obese people now, six years later would’ve risen dramatically.

The BBC revealed that food wastage is massive. In the United Kingdom an amount of 30-40% of the food is not eaten, while in the United States, 40-50% of the food ready to harvest never gets eaten. The UK alone releases £20 billion worth of food away. That’s equivalent to 34 billion US dollars. Furthermore an additional amount of rotting food creates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

If we keep this up, in a few decades or even less, everyone in the world would be obese except for the people that give up fast foods and live a new life not being obese. If everyone makes a change the world and the environment would be a better place.

Against: Fast food outlets should not be banned because many people just love eating it. It may cause some people to become overweight and then obese, but what about the people that aren’t and eat junk food in moderation? Fast food outlets shouldn’t be banned all because; some people just can’t get enough of it. It’s their fault if they are obese. All they need to do is cut down on the fast food and lollies and do some exercise. Swimming is a very good exercise because it makes you move your whole body. Swimming doesn’t just mean messing around in the pool, although that can help but not as much as doing laps. Each stroke has a certain technique. When you do freestyle you kick your legs to move forward as well as rotate your arms. To breathe you turn your neck. All of these together, keep you afloat in the water. That’s a very easy way to prevent obesity, but you have to put on a diet otherwise it wouldn’t have a big affect.

Another reason why fast food outlets shouldn’t be banned to prevent obesity is that the big names are starting to provide a healthy food menu. You don’t have to get rid of outlets, you can also change it. McDonald’s is starting to improve their menu to a healthier and wider range. When ordering a happy meal you can swap the packet of chips you get for a healthier option like apple pieces. Things like this can prevent obesity by a little but at least it is a change.

If you hate fast food then that’s your to your liking. Some people just hate fast food because they think it’s a cause to the world being overweight so they’re willing for fast food outlets to disappear. However, you don’t have to make them disappear just because you may hate it. Let other people enjoy what they want to eat although it may not be to your liking. There are other stores or shops people can go to get healthy food. McDonalds is now starting to attract them. McDonalds is starting label their food on how much fat and kilojoules it contains. They higher the energy (kilojoules) it contains the higher the amount of fat. With this system of choice people can see what they are eating.

The reason why so many children become overweight and some obese, is the toys they give along with the happy meals. Many children only go to fast food outlets and get a happy meal because it comes with a toy. A child, whenever they go to a shopping centre they always seem to be hungry and straight away they would want something to eat from the food court. Once they’re in they go straight to a fast food outlet. They aren’t really hungry; all they want is a toy. They probably won’t even finish their meal. Instead of fast food outlets being banned world-wide they should ban toys comming with meals with contain too much fat. Having a toy put in to a healthier option of a meal would insist the child on eating something healthy.