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It is no secret that fast food is extremely pernicious for human health as it continues to contribute to the obesity epidemic that continues to burden American society The primary reason that health practitioners encourage people not to consume fast food is because it spawns a litany of debilitating health problems including heart disease diabetes and obesity among several others While health discourses often comprehensively examine the pernicious effects of alcohol and drug addictions fast food consumption has emerged as one of the most prevalent addictions that people do not widely discuss thereby emerging as a nefarious disease In his popular polemic work entitled Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser limns the depravity that inheres the fast food industry as he posits that the fast food industry continues to change American culture and society for the worse Schlosser 2 Indeed fast food adversely affects not only human health but also the economy and environment Fast food consumption is detrimental to human health which spawns a litany of negative consequences in society today More than one third of the American population is categorized as overweight and obesity has emerged as the leading cause of death which has been attributed to fast food Indeed fast food advertising which primarily targets a younger audience promotes consuming cost effective meals that contain thousands of calories and portions that are far too when compared to recommended portion sizes Smith 45
