Welcome to Exercise in Futility
America has become the fattest country in the world, the chubby kid on the playground. More than one third of the population is obese, and that number is rising as you read this. But why?
Looking beyond the surface, many people don't understand what obesity is, or why it occurs. Fewer know how it came to be that there are McDonald's on every corner and how it came to be that billions of dollars are spent on fast food every day. Unless you're old enough to remember watching things change, there's no reason you should know anything about how things are now versus how things were way back when.
Fortunately, the information is out there. Knowledge is power and here, knowledge has been condensed into an adequate introduction into how fast food, obesity and America came together in the destructive waltz we dance today.
Looking beyond the surface, many people don't understand what obesity is, or why it occurs. Fewer know how it came to be that there are McDonald's on every corner and how it came to be that billions of dollars are spent on fast food every day. Unless you're old enough to remember watching things change, there's no reason you should know anything about how things are now versus how things were way back when.
Fortunately, the information is out there. Knowledge is power and here, knowledge has been condensed into an adequate introduction into how fast food, obesity and America came together in the destructive waltz we dance today.
-Bekki Chastain
9th Grade
Pulaski Academy
Lewis
Period 2
9th Grade
Pulaski Academy
Lewis
Period 2