Kentavia Humphrey. Eng1010 Sec H. Lilian Mina. 4 April

Kentavia Humphrey Eng1010 Sec H Lilian Mina 4 April 2017 Argument Proposal â€Å"Put down those calories† In 2015, Alabama rated at least 35.6 percent of its population obese. The obesity rate is the 2nd highest within the 51 states included in the United States. Researchers have found that over the past four decades, the consumption of food eaten away from home has also ascended critically. It is well known that eating excessive amount of fast food may lead to large amounts of calorie consumption and strengthens the encounter of obesity because of ample portion sizes and increased energy mass of the fast food items. Fast foods are typically high in calories, fat, simple carbohydrates, sodium (salt). Fast-food consumption costs were nearly†¦show more content†¦The kids have no developed the needs to fast foods as they are seeing toys that come with the meals and they want something that is quick to receive and easy to pay for. Children of the age of 10 through to 17 years old are rated 18.6 percent obese in the state of Alabama as they are ranked number 11 of the 51 states and t his group is rising alarmingly due to kids not eating school lunch and going to get food after school and these items that the y want need to be quick to receive and in large portions. These adolescents want something that is high with fat and allow them to get the consumption that is more than what they can bare. The highest levels of fast-food consumption were found in youngsters with higher household income levels, boys, older children, blacks and children living in the South. This is because being raised in the south there are a lot of fattening foods in which many people in Northern States would not dare eat in their lives. The new study results bolster evidence that fast food contributes to increased calorie intake and obesity risk in adolescents. In the state of Alabama obesity causes many health issues which can lead to natural death. These health issues include diabetes in which is a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates