Fast_Food_Consumption

Fast Food Consumption The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the consumption of fast food in children from an urban setting compared to those of a suburban setting. The sample consists of kids from kids in an urban environment as well as kids from a suburban environment. My first hypothesis concerns whether contextual variables of the setting influence the individuals choice when choosing what to eat. According to former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, fast food restaurants crowd out access to healthier food in inner-city neighborhoods. Satcher also argues that fast food marketing in inner-city neighborhoods is comparable to overly aggressive tobacco marketing in inner-city neighborhoods during the 1990s. Mr. David Satcher said that “ the situation is so bad that it should be called an epidemic among children. According to Northeastern University, “McDonald’s alone spent $1.1 billion on advertising in 2001; the government’s budget for a pro-fruit/vegetable campaign was $1.1 million.” (emphases added) People in the poorest urban areas have two and half times more exposure to fast food outlets than people in the wealthiest category. The fast food industry may also exert undue influence on children, food, fast, children, according, kids, mcdonald’s, marketing, urban, setting, school, satcher, neighborhoods, inner-city, influence, found, youngsters, year, university, through, television, suburban, study, risk, per, people, parents, obesity, levels, industry, environment, eat, david, consumption, campaign, billion