Based on the facts presented in this documentary are you convinced that fast food is the main cause of obesity in United States and around the world?

           

               United States of America (USA) becomes the fattest nation in the world. Nearly 100 million of Americans today are overweight or obese and that make over 60% of all USA adult. Obesity are currently the second leading preventable cause of death in the United States after overtake tobacco as the leading cause of death. Based on the evidences in Super Size Me, I think fast food is not the main cause of obesity because obesity is caused by the laziness and the mentality of people nowadays and the limited responsibilities of society.

               People today tend to have an easy lifestyle and depend too much on technology. The examples that we can see in this movie is when even in hypermarket, they are using a machine to move around rather than walking. As a result of this technology dependency behaviour, people attempt food that can be served immediately without any preparation and that is fast food. This is the main cause of obesity because they eat a lot of food that is unhealthy and using the technology instead of their own energy in doing daily activities.

               Other than that, the mentality of people nowadays is easy to be influenced by others. The example that we can see in this movie is when people easily are influenced by McDonald advertisement and approaching. People can make a choice whether to go to fast food restaurant or order for Big Size no matter how hard the fast food company trying to influence them therefore, it is not the fault of fast food regarding obesity problem. The problem occurs because of people choice since they are the one who choose to live with technology and unhealthy lifestyle.

               Besides, the other induce of obesity is the limited responsibility of USA government in diminishing the obesity problem. There is no precaution seems to be taken by the government or society as can be seen in the documentary where even in the hospital they have the fast food restaurant. It shows that the government does not intend to minimize the development of fast food and encourage the citizens to live healthily. This is also happened in school as can be seen in this documentary where most students are served with unhealthy food and it encourages them to live unhealthily. The society should consistent the menu in school with healthy and energetic food than can enhance the brain not the fat.

               As conclusion, fast food is not the main cause of obesity because the problem comes from the people themselves and the unawareness of society and government to this problem. Fast food companies are making money by selling the unhealthy food but it is the person's responsibility to choose to live healthily and the society responsibility to decrease the unhealthy lifestyle approaching.