The big companies like McDonalds knew their customers. They don’t target the rich section of the community but they book for the opposite section which is the poor one. Because people are poor, they need to buy the cheapest stuff especially food. When there is no money, what can people eat? They can choose the cheapest meals. Big restaurants not only target the poor people but they gave them rewards to encourage them to eat in their restaurants. They have surprises awards, every time they buy one hamburger; they give them double or extra. Kids don’t know that it’s dangerous on their health; they take extra calories from every meal they had gotten. In the same time when these restaurants give such kind of food to these teenagers, kids are less in physical activity by half. Because of that, teenagers suffer from obesity in the whole United States.
First I would like to talk about fast food. It is convenient, cheap and tastes delicious. Fast food is the main meal to a lot of people because it is easy to find in any neighborhood and it’s cheap. In the main time fast food tastes very good because of the fats inside it. When I first came to the United States, I used to bring my kids to a city hospital in queens. In this area there was a big McDonald so my son asked me to bring him something to eat. As we went inside, I got shocked when I saw the ages inside..They are all teenagers they are offering them surprises award just like the author talked about; most of the costumers are young black boys and girls. They just came from school. (If you get one hamburger with French fries and coke then you will get double) the guy said. The meal is very cheap and the boys/girls are poor, and because of the parents don’t cook like before. Either they are busy or lazy, who knows.
The most important thing, in these restaurants, they gave them double the calories in every meal. I got shocked when I saw the boys and girls, they all suffered from obesity. It is very dangerous. The boys and girls suffered from obesity because of the lack of exercise they should do. So imagine this picture with me. A lot of fast food restaurants present cheap meals to kids with a lot of calories. In the same time, there is no physical activity. Imagine after twenty years, when these kids grow up and face life .they are going to be responsible for their own families one day. Imagine these generations will look like .For me I have a son who is 15 years old; he goes to swimming team every week for four times a week. He knows that sports are good for his body and his brain. He goes to fast food restaurant every month with his friends, when he goes there he tries to pick the healthy meals. If there is no healthy meal, he doesn’t eat. If he didn’t find something to eat at home he will either eat cereal and fruits. This is how I raised him. He has to keep in his mind that his body is a gift from god and he has to keep it healthy.
By the end we have to send our children to gyms or participate in physical activity at school .This is the responsibility of the parents. Parents should say to their kids not to eat outside home. They can cook cheap meals and healthy in the same time- they have to keep their minds healthy, and let them stay away from fats that these restaurants provide, they have to send them to do exercises or physical activity. Even if they don’t have the money to afford it, they can send them to the park or let them ride bicycles. This is the cheapest activity they can do. We have to keep them healthy for the future, because they will be responsible for families and for work. We have to know what’s behind fast food. It is obesity, more poor. Fat bodies and fat brains. Keep your children from fast food.
Thank you.
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