Customers have been suing fast food restaurants for years, but the fast food restaurants are not the problem. People can eat fast food a couple of times a year without getting obese, but the portion sizes that consumers eat is increasing. Fast food restaurants increase their portion sizes continually, but the consumers just care about getting a large meal for a small cost. The customers want to have the most substantial …show more content…
Diabetes and obesity rates of teenagers are at a maximum in the United States. The author says, “According to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country” (Zinczenko, 2002). The author stresses the issue of diabetes and obesity to help the reader understand that fast food does have adverse effects that do not get displayed to the fast food restaurants consumers. The U.S. News & World Report says, “Overweight is now the most common medical condition of childhood” (Spake). The health risks of not knowing what is in fast food do have multiple health risks that people of all ages should have warnings about the