How Junk Food Can End Obesity
“How Junk Food Can End Obesity”-Critique
In “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” by David H. Freedman, Freedman discusses how fast food restaurants and junk food companies can aid in decreasing the obesity rate in America. Fast food chains provide cheap, quick, and tasty meal and these establishments line just about every major street in America. Because of this, fast food has become the most popular food choice for most people and families. A side effect of this convenience is the growing rate of obesity in not only adults, but children as well. Obesity has been a concern for our society so much so that, that even fast food chains have made small incremental changes to help its consumers without them even knowing. Despite the common notion that …show more content…
Furthermore, his background in writing are about issues regarding science, technology and health care. In preparation to writing “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” he interviewed McDonald’s Executives, Scientists, and Chefs who worked together to create items that “were lower in fat, sugar, and calories than not only many McDonalds staples, but also much of the food served in wholesome restaurants” (524). Some restaurants use more fats, salts, sugars and oil, which overall makes those meals worse for your body. He addresses the statistic that “Americans get 11 percent of their calories, on average, from fast food” (525). This is significant because if American are going to eat fast food anyways and get their calorie intake from McDonalds or like establishments, those establishments are now able alter their items to be healthier. Freedman researches everything from the FDA regulations, to wholefood grocery stores, healthy restaurants, and fast food chains to weigh just how effective fast food places replacing their current ingredients with slightly more healthy ingredients can help consumers overall be healthier. By investigating both the fast food side and the whole foods side he was able to make a fair argument. Freedman states that “High-tech anti-obesity food engineering is just warming up” and he has witnessed this through his research …show more content…
“How Junk Food Can End Obesity.” They Say/I Say, The Moves
That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings, edited by Gerald Graff, Birkenstein, Durst, W.W. Norton and Company, 2017, pp. 506-537.
"Saturated, Unsaturated, and Trans Fats." Choose MyPlate. N.p., 18 Oct. 2016.
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In “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” by David H. Freedman, Freedman discusses how fast food restaurants and junk food companies can aid in decreasing the obesity rate in America. Fast food chains provide cheap, quick, and tasty meal and these establishments line just about every major street in America. Because of this, fast food has become the most popular food choice for most people and families. A side effect of this convenience is the growing rate of obesity in not only adults, but children as well. Obesity has been a concern for our society so much so that, that even fast food chains have made small incremental changes to help its consumers without them even knowing. Despite the common notion that …show more content…
Furthermore, his background in writing are about issues regarding science, technology and health care. In preparation to writing “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” he interviewed McDonald’s Executives, Scientists, and Chefs who worked together to create items that “were lower in fat, sugar, and calories than not only many McDonalds staples, but also much of the food served in wholesome restaurants” (524). Some restaurants use more fats, salts, sugars and oil, which overall makes those meals worse for your body. He addresses the statistic that “Americans get 11 percent of their calories, on average, from fast food” (525). This is significant because if American are going to eat fast food anyways and get their calorie intake from McDonalds or like establishments, those establishments are now able alter their items to be healthier. Freedman researches everything from the FDA regulations, to wholefood grocery stores, healthy restaurants, and fast food chains to weigh just how effective fast food places replacing their current ingredients with slightly more healthy ingredients can help consumers overall be healthier. By investigating both the fast food side and the whole foods side he was able to make a fair argument. Freedman states that “High-tech anti-obesity food engineering is just warming up” and he has witnessed this through his research …show more content…
“How Junk Food Can End Obesity.” They Say/I Say, The Moves
That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings, edited by Gerald Graff, Birkenstein, Durst, W.W. Norton and Company, 2017, pp. 506-537.
"Saturated, Unsaturated, and Trans Fats." Choose MyPlate. N.p., 18 Oct. 2016.
Web. 05 Mar. 2017. <