The answer is an emphatic yes. We have been enslaved by the modern phenomenon that is fast food. The convenience and relatively low costs of the food mean that ordinary families are becoming quite dependent on fast foods. In some cases it is even seen as a status symbol to be able to buy fast foods. Given the sedentary nature of modern lives, the combination of fast food and lack of exercise can only lead to unprecedented levels of obesity. Governments are trying to encourage people to eat healthily but it is to no avail if the fast food remains a potent weapon against such a maneuver.
A Dangerous Addiction
There are a number of reasons why people continue to enjoy fast foods despite the dire warnings from the government and state officials. The addiction is so strong that even when people are dying from weight related issues, they will request fast food as their only comfort. If the government can identify the issues that lead to this addiction and then attempt to mitigate them, they might yet win the battle against this phenomenon. However at the moment the forces against such a move are so powerful that obesity is a reality.
Fast food is quiet convenient when you really think about it. You do not have to prepare or cook the food. It comes already made and can be even hot such that you do not even need to reheat it. The only limited form of cooking it may require is via a microwave oven which further emphasizes the convenience. When you finish eating fast food, you do not have to wash any dishes as often the containers it is serve din are disposable. Given the busy lives that people live these days, which people would pass up the chance for such a convenient way of eating? Once you are trapped into the cycle of fast foods and microwave meals, the idea of cooking becomes so abhorrent that you will not heed any warnings about your weight.
Given the hard economic times, many ordinary people can no longer afford to have large food budgets. All the family income is now being spent on clearing up debts and planning for the future. The food budget is essential but not as high profile as it used to be. Meanwhile the supermarkets and just about everyone has hiked up prices to such an extent that ordinary families are struggling. In comes fast food which offers a particularly cheap alternative to all this spending. The family can buy a meal for much less than a single ingredient they used to buy for a cooked meal. It starts off as temporary measure and soon it is written in the family budget that food will always have to be bought on the cheapest possible terms. Fast food meets this criterion again and again such that eventually the family can no longer do without these types of meals. A whole system is born and it takes years and hard work to even make a minor impact on the feeding habits of the family.
A Dangerous Addiction
There are a number of reasons why people continue to enjoy fast foods despite the dire warnings from the government and state officials. The addiction is so strong that even when people are dying from weight related issues, they will request fast food as their only comfort. If the government can identify the issues that lead to this addiction and then attempt to mitigate them, they might yet win the battle against this phenomenon. However at the moment the forces against such a move are so powerful that obesity is a reality.
Fast food is quiet convenient when you really think about it. You do not have to prepare or cook the food. It comes already made and can be even hot such that you do not even need to reheat it. The only limited form of cooking it may require is via a microwave oven which further emphasizes the convenience. When you finish eating fast food, you do not have to wash any dishes as often the containers it is serve din are disposable. Given the busy lives that people live these days, which people would pass up the chance for such a convenient way of eating? Once you are trapped into the cycle of fast foods and microwave meals, the idea of cooking becomes so abhorrent that you will not heed any warnings about your weight.
Given the hard economic times, many ordinary people can no longer afford to have large food budgets. All the family income is now being spent on clearing up debts and planning for the future. The food budget is essential but not as high profile as it used to be. Meanwhile the supermarkets and just about everyone has hiked up prices to such an extent that ordinary families are struggling. In comes fast food which offers a particularly cheap alternative to all this spending. The family can buy a meal for much less than a single ingredient they used to buy for a cooked meal. It starts off as temporary measure and soon it is written in the family budget that food will always have to be bought on the cheapest possible terms. Fast food meets this criterion again and again such that eventually the family can no longer do without these types of meals. A whole system is born and it takes years and hard work to even make a minor impact on the feeding habits of the family.
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