Examples Of Addiction To Junk Food

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Addicted to Junk Food We all need to adopt a conscientious effort to educate ourselves on what we are putting into our bodies. Nearly all pre-packaged and fast foods, that are tasty to us, are also unhealthy for us. When I am hungry and on lunch break at work, I’m usually looking for something quick and ready to eat that will sustain me throughout the day. Most us are busy and have no choice but to eat junk food. This is where one of the problems originates from. Incidentally, healthy foods are much more expensive. In all honesty, why would you buy a 7.00 salad, when you can get a 1.00 sandwich, that has a greater source of fuel and lasts longer throughout the day? Indeed, the only way to be able to eat healthily is to have a larger budget available for food. Healthy eating is very expensive. Despite the best efforts of a small army of wholesome-food heroes, there is no reasonable scenario under which these foods could become cheap and plentiful enough to serve as the core diet for most of the obese …show more content…

“It is one of the reasons that we have the obesity and diabetes epidemics that we do … If you’re going to let industries decide how much salt, sugar and fat is in your food, they’re going to put [in] as much as they possibly can … They will push those buttons until we scream or die.” By way of contrast, look at tobacco. Reflecting upon the 80’s and 90’s, it was the craze to smoke, there were ads on TV for smoking, everyone on movies and TV shows were smoking, and a large amount of my family were also smokers. It took an enormous public movement to bring awareness about the many health risks associated with tobacco use. I stand amazed at how much that has changed since I was a child, that grew up in the 90’s. It didn’t hit me until my 5-year-old son asked me what the cigarette lighter was used for in the car. Similarly, this is what we need to do with junk

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