Is Fast Food Becoming The New Tobacco?

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Is Fast Food Becoming the New Tobacco?
When it all started it was just a hamburger, bun, and ice cold soda. However, things have taken a turn as what is witnessed nowadays is supersizes, extra cheese, bacon, and only a single state law to regulate on how large soda can be. When it comes to the fast food industry in America, or as some individuals now refer to it as the ‘fat foods industry’, with the effects of high-calorie fat-packed foods, the question arises if they have become the new tobacco. Baseball has been credited to be Americans top past time; however, fast food is quickly catching up to be at the top with baseball, and in some instances, being used as a stress reliever. Here is an example scenario from a friend of mine Mark showing fast food is the new tobacco; he got home from work only to find gallons of water dispersed throughout his house. His words were “I got so aggravated and mad I just had to grab a double cheeseburger and some fries.” This is an implication that the American lifestyle is reveals fast foods have become the new tobacco.
Obesity has increasingly become a significant public health concern in the United States. In the past four decades, the numbers of overweight children, adolescents, and adults has shot to high margins, and the rise cut cross all ages, races, and ethnicities for both males and females. A recent analysis by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that 30% of the American adult aged over the ages of twenty, which is a representation of over 60 million adults, was obese. Still the same survey indicated 16% of those between the ages of 16years and 19 years, which is over 9 million children and teenagers, were obese. This has come with its share of repe...

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...insurance companies billions of dollars in health related issues associated with the increased unhealthy eating habits. Therefore fast food is the new tobacco.
In conclusion, this essay has provided a variety of facts on how fast-food industry is becoming the new tobacco. In addition, how the poor eating habits adopted by Americans are at their worst and culminating to health complications. Therefore, there need be more medical interventions dealing with challenges such as diet drugs, food substitution, and alternative food restaurants. The government should also advocate for foods and services that are more informative to the consumer on matters nutritional characteristics and safety standards in foods, all in all it is common sense that majority of Americans have poor feeding habits in comparison to those who follow health diets making fast food the new tobacco.

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