Topic > Essay on Fast Food and Obesity - 2105

No one forces others to make decisions that lead to weight gain. “The restaurant industry is an industry of choice and customers want options and flexibility in the foods they eat. American consumers know they are responsible for their food choices” (A. Greenblatt). Restaurants can't do everything for the consumer. Consumers have the freedom to choose for themselves what they would like to buy. Even though there are options in most restaurants that are not necessarily good for you, people like this option and not everyone has to worry about what they consume. The responsibility and judgment of whether or not eating that unhealthy item is a good idea rests with the buyer. The decision to go back to that fast food restaurant and get another health food is decided by the shopper. Fast food doesn't force the return but obviously it wants it but not to make that person fat. Cheeseburgers have not yet been proven to be chemically addictive (Todd Buchholz). Cheeseburgers are not addictive; there is nothing in them that makes people addicted like in tobacco. There is no physiological reason for excessive fast food consumption. People come back again and again because they want it because the food tastes good