Fast food restaurants or fast food in general is becoming an issue. America does not seem to realize is that there are several reasons why fast food restaurants are not the best choice for people. What these restaurants are actually doing is breaking family bonding, increasing obesity, and wasting money. Being healthy is a choice a person has to make themselves. America should not want to continue to harm others with the selections they give out. Choices should always be made wisely.
To begin with having fast food restaurants around is causing family bonding to break. Fast food restaurants are making family to fall apart without knowing. Families are too busy going out buying food instead of staying home and gathering the family together and spending time. All of this starts to make some families or most to become lazy. Not only has it affected the family bonding it is also affecting the traditions family have with in. people are too busy focusing on relaxing and not cooking they go out and buy food. In most cases family buy unhealthy foods which is not a good choice. For example in the article Eating Out Takes Away From Family Time states that” Time around the table allows for a family to share about their day, upcoming schedules, and for parents to know more about their kids.” That proves that if family does not gather around it starts to affects them on how to get to know each other more.
On the other hand, there is a lot of families who take family bonding seriously. For those who do will notice that spending time with their family and making the right choices will make a difference. Some families think that showing their kids how to cook is more beneficial for them. This is true because kids should grow up knowing how to be r...
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...more money by just making a meal herself. It is all about the choices the person makes.
Lastly, if people put everything together they will realize that everything adds up. Fast food restaurants could be one thing but can affect many things. Then those many things could cause a lot of other things could happen. It will all seem like a domino effect if one falls down everything falls apart.
In conclusion, if America puts into consideration and notice that fast food restaurant is not a good idea will truly help. It would save so many people from getting sick and dying. There is always a solution to a problem. One small thing could truly save the world in many different ways.
Works Cited
http://fastfoodinus.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-takes-away-from-family-time.html
Sabin, Warwick. “The Rich Get Thinner, the Poor Get Fatter,” Oxgord American, #68, (March 2010)
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