Fast Food Is Killing America

Many people all around the world and especially in the United States are paying money to poison their own bodies. Fast food is a major problem in the United States. Many people are attracted to fast food restaurants because of their low prices, but fast food is the cause of many health issues and is the main reason for the growing population of obese individuals in America. Although fast food can be a good option for a quick and cheap meal, fast food is very bad for the human body because it is full of questionable ingredients and can cause obesity, heart disease and raise cholesterol. Fast food contains little to no nutritional value. Some of the ingredients may surprise some people. More than 4100 cows are slaughtered every hour in the United States.(Agorist) One would think that meat would be used for the products purchased at a fast food restaurant, but this is simply not the case. In a test of eight of the most popular fast food brand burgers using histologic methods, the percentage of actual meat ranged from 2.1% to 14.8%.(Agorist) This is unacceptable. Cartilage, bone, peripheral nerve, connective tissue, blood vessels, plant material, and adipose tissue made up the rest of the burgers.(Agorist) These nutritional hazards people call food are the cause of many dangerous health problems. Obesity is a growing problem all around the world. It is most prevalent in the United States. “Obesity is defined as an abnormal increase of fat in the subcutaneous connective tissue.”(Kelly)According to research, adults with a BMI between 19 and 22 tend to live the longest.(Murphy) Adults with a BMI between 25 and 29.9 are considered overweight.(Murphy) Adults with a BMI of 30 to 39.9 are considered obese.(Murphy) Adults with a BMI of over 40 are considered morbidly obese.(Murphy) “Among non-Hispanic black and Mexican-American men, those with higher incomes are more