Junk Food and Obesity in America

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Many Americans today want to make their fast paced lives as stress free as possible by finding alternatives to cooking in junk food, a type of unhealthy food that most Americans enjoy eating because it is cheap, quick, tasty, and convenient. Fries, chips, cakes, burgers, pizza, cookies, and sodas are all junk foods that can be found in the homes of most Americans. Throughout the decades we have become fond of this type of food without realizing the many harmful effects it has. The high amount of calories in the food and lack of exercise has led to a increase of obesity in the citizens of the United States. There are many effects of Junk food on obesity in America.

Junk food has had many health effects on Americans. A man is considered obese if his body fat percentage is 25 or greater. Because a woman naturally has more fat than a man, a woman is considered obese if her body fat percentage is 30 percent or greater. In the United States, approximately 60 million people are affected by obesity. Obesity is the cause of many diseases such as high blood pressure, Diabetes, and heart dise...

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