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Fast Food Obesity : Fast Food Consumption Impact on Obesity

Posted on April 9, 2009 by admin

fast food obesityFast food obesity : fast food consumption generate obesity, obesity has become a major problem in the United States, the United Kingdom and many other parts of the world. Fast food is an integral part of life in the developed and also the developing world, and with it comes a massive increase in obesity and associated problems.

Children in the United States eat approximately five times the amount of fast food their counterparts ate in the 1980s. And Europe is not far behind them. Developing countries like China are Read more …

Fast Food Obesity : Linked Between Fast Food and Obesity

Posted on April 9, 2009 by admin

Fast food obesity become very popular, are there any links between fast food and obesity ? Every day, nearly one-third of U.S. children aged 4 to 19 eat fast food, which likely packs on about six extra pounds per child per year and increases the risk of obesity, a study of 6,212 youngsters found.

The numbers, though alarming, are not surprising since billions of dollars are spent each year on fast-food advertising directed at kids, said lead author Dr. David Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children Hospital Read more …