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Mahere Gbe
Professor Leveston
English 1301
10 December 2014
The Impact of Fast Food on the Health of Young People Under 16 Years Old in USA In 2011 in Atlanta, there was a little kid named Tiger Green. He lived with his family, but not in a peaceful atmosphere required in any family. Tiger’s father was overweight, and needed a second heart surgery to treat coronary artery disease. However, more important, Tiger was 12 years old and weighed 250 pounds. He was taking six pills every day for pre-diabetes and thyroid problems. His knees hurt; he was easily out of breath. To avoid being in the same case as his father, Tiger changed his habits by eating small portions, and exercising. Now he is 14 years old and he lost 60 pounds. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of obesity has more than doubled among children ages 2 to 5 (5.0% to 12.4%) and ages 6 to 11 (6.5% to 17.0%). In teens ages 12 to 19, prevalence rates have tripled (5.0% to 17.6%).In other words, by the time years go by, the situation worsens. We can see teenagers or young teenagers fatter, and the risk of having diseases such as diabetes and some forms of cancer when they will turn adult is imminent. In order to apprehend the matter between teens and fast food, we will take a close look on why they eat fast food at the extent that they get disease soon or later and in which measure the phenomenon should be narrow at a reasonable rate. A genetic issue is one of the numerous reasons children get diseases frequently. It’s clear that being obese carry on other disabilities (breathing difficulties, blood pressure, etc...). In the case of fast food, when we see the proportion of unhealthy food eaten by teens in some countries in the third world and the proportion eaten ...