Bad Habits Of Fast Food

Last year was my first time ever being in the United States. I finished my senior year of high school in Lake Placid, New York. That was probably one of best experiences in my life. I meet people from all over the world and made friendships that will last a lifetime. National Sports Academy is where I attended school my senior year, this school was for hockey players only. We did everything as a group, went to classes, practiced together, lived and ate together. There were also many international students in that school and the only thing that everybody complained about was food. It seemed like everything in United States is just unhealthy fast food. It was difficult for me to get used to it because back home we did not have as many fast food

According to The New York Times article, “The Calories Are Listed, but Teenagers Don’t Care”, about a third of the teenagers ate fast food six days a week, according to the study. During my time at Lake Placid and even now, I find myself falling into these bad habits. The problem with fast food is the amount of calories in every meal. According to the study in the same New York Times article, “The study found that most teenagers underestimated the number of calories they were consuming, some by up to 466 calories.’. But, if someone asked you how many calories are in a single McDonalds Big Mac, what would you guess? 150 calories? 200? 300? No, the answer is 563 per Big Mac, that is not even including fries and a drink. Therefore, a full meal at a fast food establishment, like McDonalds, contains around 1,313 calories. The suggested amount of calories for an active teenage boy is anywhere from 2,600-3,200 calories a day. So consuming one meal at a fast food establishment takes up about half of the calories you can take in for the