Why Do We Eat Fast Foods Rhetorical Analysis

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Godofredo Zapata
Jill Buettner-Ouellette
English 100
16 December 2014

Eating Ourselves To Death: The Hungry Truth About America America fuels itself on fast food. Fast food has become an american staple, and can be seen, heard, and smelled all over the United States. There are fast food restaurants in every major city as well as little towns. Big corporations expand their restaurants by advertising on the radio, tv, and billboards. And are able to bring in new customers coming back practically begging for more food. According to Food and Research Action Center, they estimate that about two-thirds of americans are either overweight or obese. A vast amount of our population is plagued by the rise of type two diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, …show more content…

Fast food corporations go to the extent to pursue children by making advertisements specifically targeting children, and even swaying children by giving some sort of toy that attracts the younger customer. Some corporations even produce a whole line of toys that the children can collect if they continue to come back and purchase their products. In “The Hunger Gene” written by Ellen Ruppel Shell, she goes into this controversy stating “ I sit down with the two executives whose companies make and sell these toys. They tell me that their toys are not cheap, that in fact the cost of these ‘premiums’ can sometimes blot out profits from the sale of the kids meal. But the fast food industry's goal in luring in kids is to lock in lifelong customers, not necessarily to turn a quick head.” (Shell 195). A child does not have much knowledge on fast food. When fast food companies for example, Mcdonald's advertises their happy meals, the only thing the child notices is the toy that is being shown. Children can care less about the food as long as they get the toy. For the child, the incentive is the toy that comes along with the food. If a parent decides to bring in a child for the first time into a fast food establishment and purchases any sort of meal along with a toy, the corporations have rightfully done their job correctly. As soon as the child walks out of the restaurant they have …show more content…

U.S News Health has come up with the worlds top ten most obese countries. Amongst the top ten obese nations the United States ranked overall number one in having a population that is obese. They claim that 31.7% of males, 33.9% females, and 25.8%, of children are overweight or obese. (“U.S News Health”). In David Gratzer’s book titled “Where Would You Rather Be Sick?” He talks about the health risks that American’s face in comparison to Canadians. Gratzer states, “Americans have higher rates of diabetes (6.7% vs. 4.7%) arthritis (17.9% vs 16.0%) and high blood pressure (18.3% vs. 13.9%). Americans are also more likely to be obese and live a sedentary lifestyle.”(Gratzer 250). Are mortality rates surpass any other country in the world because most americans consider eating to be a hobby or even leisure time. Us Americans live an unhealthy lifestyle because of the amount of food we consume daily versus the amount of time we actually spend trying to burn the calories we obtained from eating. Americans are not as active as we use to

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