American Food, If You Try It You Need To Diet
Every country eats food there is no question there but what makes the U.S. such an obese country that it has a stereotype of being large? The united states is a gold standard for countries all over the world to look up to and it is a center for world trade which makes it a very fast pace country where people do not seem to have time to eat a proper meal. The American diet is very different than those in other countries partially because of portion sizes, and it can be fixed in a way to increase the lifespan and the general health of American citizens. Americans are also very influential and there are several things that can make someone want to eat a certain burger or drink a certain soda, things that influence people like this are the commercials which are designed to get people to want to eat their product every day for the company’s financial gain.
The content of the American diet has changed dramatically in the past century from local markets and restaurants selling fresh local food to selling overly processed food. The food America consumes is dominated by foods that contain chemicals and other harmful substances that give the food longer shelf life. Now all of the food that people in the U.S. consume is the cheaper more processed foods causing the American health to decrease instead of consuming the foods which should be consumed such as fruits, “Studies on antioxidants in reducing cancer risk reported that there was a lower risk with increased intake of fruit and vegetables”(Smith et al). The U.S. is not a totally poor country but majority of the people that shop in the grocery stores do not have much money so the purchase cheaper food with th...
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defined American society in America and for other nations as America exports its fast food culture to others. Schlosser describes a great deal of American culture to the fast food mentality, and he finds that globalization is taking the fast food culture around the world at a rapid rate. Schlosser addresses a number of specific issues related to food production and distribution. He connects the social order of a society to the kind of food it eats and the way it eats that food, with American society
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to control American diets; they have put enough out there for us to do it ourselves. By giving them the right to regulate the way we it is a possibility that they might try manage other aspects of their lives, forcing the population that is not overweight to not have the option to eat unhealthy foods, and society will chose to eat unhealthy because they will have the choice. If the government is slowly trying to slim down American’s, would not give society the right to control their diets. Therefore