IS THE FAST FOOD INDUTRY ACCOUNTABLE LEGALLY

FOR OBESITY?
Submitted to:

Sir Zafar Iqbal Bhatti

Submitted by:

Ayesha Ashraf

Registration #:

F2019241118

Course:

English-II (C68)

Department:

School of Health Sciences (DPT)

Date of Submission:

October 11, 2020.

University of Management and Technology,

Lahore.
 IS THE FASTFOOD INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE
LEGALLY FOR OBESITY?

Table of Contents
IS THE FASTFOOD INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE LEGALLY FOR OBESITY?.................................2
Introduction:................................................................................................................................................3
Obesity and Calorie Intake..........................................................................................................................3
Obesity:.......................................................................................................................................................3
Metabolic Syndrome:..............................................................................................................................3
Literature Review:.......................................................................................................................................4
Unhealthy Ingredients:............................................................................................................................4
Larger Portions:.......................................................................................................................................4
Lower Cost:.............................................................................................................................................4
Convenience:...........................................................................................................................................5
Fast food restaurants:...............................................................................................................................5
Preservation of products by McDonald’s:................................................................................................5
Research and Discussion:............................................................................................................................6
How youth develop bad habits and serious problems:.................................................................................6
The Causes and Negative Effects of Obesity...............................................................................................6
Negative Effects:.....................................................................................................................................6
Childhood Obesity and Its Effect.............................................................................................................7
Self-esteem or self-worth:........................................................................................................................7
Problems that children face:....................................................................................................................7
Diseases related to Obesity:.........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion:.................................................................................................................................................8
Obesity Is the Number One Health Problem of the 21st Century............................................................8
Research by Socioeconomics:.....................................................................................................................8
Result of consuming junk food:...................................................................................................................9
Introduction:
Studies have indicated that in recent many years, utilization of food eaten a long way
from home has additionally risen alarmingly. It is well-known that eating out may result in
excess calorie intake and increases the chance of obesity due to large portion sizes and increased
energy density of foods.

Fast foods fall into this category of food. Fast foods are typically:-

 High in calories
 High in fat
 High in saturated and trans fat
 High in sugar
 High in simple carbohydrates
 High in sodium (salt)

Obesity and Calorie Intake

Increase of calorie intake and lesser physical activities are the leading factors of obesity.
in keeping with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the intake of calories
within the population is increasing every passing year. The numbers have risen alarmingly within
the past decade.

Obesity:

Obesity altogether reality may be a natural disease. which implies people that are
overweight; do not even know that they need something wrong with them.
Metabolic Syndrome:

Obesity considers being a metabolism syndrome. People do not really take being
overweight as serious as they must, because being obese could bring other diseases into action,
and depreciate their health.

Literature Review:

There are four fundamental reasons why inexpensive food is connected to stoutness.

Unhealthy Ingredients:

The greater a part of the cheap food contains lots of sugar, fats and carbs and fewer
minerals and nutrients. this suggests you are taking in enormous measure of undesirable calories
looking like inexpensive food which prompts weight gain and eventually heftiness. Most of the
short nourishments have surpassing degrees of sugar and fats which are straightforwardly
connected with expanding weight.

Larger Portions:

The unhealthy ingredients of the alimentation are further aggravated with increased
portion sizes which have grown parallel with the typical weight of an individual from the 70s
thus far. While the portions became large, the person will still eat the whole meal irrespective of
feeling full or not. this suggests that individuals are eating bigger portions of food resulting in
abnormal weight gain.

Lower Cost:

One of the most reasons people cannot stop eating nourishment is that the low costs it is
available in. As per an enquiry conducted by the University of Washington, a diet containing
2000 calories of nourishment costs much but a diet with 2000 calories of healthy food. This
makes it cheaper than going for healthy food and could be a leading explanation for obesity in
lower-income classes.

Convenience:

Fast food restaurants offer convenience. You will generally discover one in nearness of
your home and may likewise get food effortlessly conveyed to your home. This makes it an
advantageous alternative than making food gathering utilizing more beneficial fixings.

Fast food restaurants:

Fast food restaurants like McDonalds attempts to introduce healthy meals like a Caesar
salad. The tossed salad at McDonalds is more fattening than a hamburger with fries. In a Report
by The Daily Mail, the salad has 465 calories and 23.4g of fat, compared with the 283 calories
and eight.7g of fats in a standard burger.

Preservation of products by McDonald’s:

 McDonald’s murphy is one among the foremost common side at any fast-food restaurant
and are very bad for you. McDonald’s tater contain acid as a preservative, pyrophosphate to take
care of its color and TBHQ, another preservative. together with the preservatives, spud also is
high in calories because it contains 250 calories and 140 mg of salt.

Research and Discussion:

Studies have shown that over the past four years, the number of individuals who eat
removed from home has also risen in a very sizable amount. People knows that eating out may
cause excess calorie intake and increases the danger of obesity due to large portion sizes and
increased energy density of foods.

How youth develop bad habits and serious problems:

Fast foods affect adult has but is worse children and youth. This is regularly since most of
the quick nourishments are an objective towards kids and there is a supported example of eating
quick food sources and eating out. this is regularly what drives them to get negative behavior
patterns and create major issues. Evidence also supports that some obese people eat little yet gain
weight thanks to a slow metabolism is restricted. On a median, many obese people obtain a better
energy than their thin counterparts thanks to the energy required maintaining an increased body
mass.

The Causes and Negative Effects of Obesity

The weight comes from muscle, fat, bones, or body water. upset and musculoskeletal
disorders are all caused obesity. Diseases like cancer, diabetes, high force per unit area, stroke and
osteoarthritis are condition caused by obesity.

Negative Effects:
 Obesity has a negative effect on the emotional, physical, and mental stability of
individuals. Obesity may be a condition being grossly overweight of fat. Obesity often comes
from taking in additional calories than what you are speculated to soak up, and not burning them
exercise and daily activities.

Childhood Obesity and Its Effect

Childhood obesity may be a serious issue among our youth. Obesity can cause many
varieties of physical problems, which most are attentive to, but it also can cause some undesirable
internal feelings within children and adolescents who are suffering from it

Self-esteem or self-worth:

Self-esteem, or self-worth, is vital because it helps develop personality and may be a

major ingredient to our mental state status.

Problems that children face:

 Not exclusively could despondency result from these sentiments of uselessness however
relying upon the youngster or juvenile and their craving to be acknowledged, they could be more
inclined to building up a dietary issue sometime down the road. Studies have uncovered that
corpulence has been connected to anomalies in the cosmetics of mind tissue and its capacity.
Additionally, there have been creature concentrates on an aspect of the mind known as the
cerebellum. In this investigation, it was found that the cells of the cerebellum are influenced by
outer boosts in the climate.

Diseases related to Obesity:

Moreover, numerous infections are identified with stoutness, for example, heart
sicknesses, high blood cholesterol, hypertension, and other wellbeing chances. On the off chance
that we do not take care of the issue by diminishing the quantity of large individuals and change
the way of life to more beneficial one as quickly as time permits, the difficult will emerge.

Conclusion:

The outcomes will be hazardous. Weight causes numerous issues and has startling
outcomes. It is the state of being exceptionally fat or overweight. Two of the significant causes
are eating cheap food consistently and being an idle individual. The results of heftiness are
exceptionally risky and could prompt Heart assault, and even demise.

Number one Health Problem:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) attests that heftiness is the main
medical issue of the 21st century. Economics is the collaboration of social and monetary
variables.

Research by Socioeconomics:
Economics is connected to stoutness since it makes people with less cash become bound
to be overweight. Low-pay families have a higher pace of stoutness. An investigation found that
35.3% of grown-ups who acquire under $15,000 per year in pay are stout. This investigation is
contrasted and 24.5% of grown-ups who procure $50,000 or more a year who are hefty. It is
simpler for families with low salary to discover bargains on shoddy nourishment instead of
nutritious nourishments.

Result of consuming junk food:

As per considers, the utilization of inexpensive food has expanded during recent a very
long time at a disturbing rate. This expanded calorie admission is a main source of weight. If it is
not controlled, medical problems will ascend in the coming a long time as more individuals will
become stout eating undesirable cheap food.