| The typical menu in any restaurant reflects the eating | | | | eating wide array of sugary, starchy and sodium |
| habits of the consumer. The U.S. will have three | | | | polluted meals and snacks. |
| quarters of the population reporting in as overweight | | | | The typical American menu promotes products with |
| or obese in 2015. The prediction is that 41% will be | | | | all the above ingredients. A fat American is the |
| classified as obese. In 8 years 75% of the population | | | | product of this type eating. If you keep eating from |
| will be overweight based on Current Obesity | | | | the establishments with the oversized meals it shows. |
| Statistics. Right now we are currently at 66% with | | | | We reward children by setting them up for a lifetime |
| 34% who can be classified as obese. Youfa Wand | | | | of obesity. We push for more production by fatting |
| MD, PHD and colleagues working in Baltimore at John | | | | up farm animals and getting them to produce |
| Hopkins Bloomberg Scholl of Public Health's Center for | | | | unnatural amounts of milk for the market place. The |
| Human Nutrition has reviewed 20 studies on the | | | | food manufacturers try for more tantalizing green, |
| growing epidemic of overweight adults, teens, and | | | | blue and other color gunk to temp kids with. This is |
| kids. | | | | again reflected in menu fare aimed at children. |
| The study found that the weight gain is showing up | | | | I wonder is the American public solely responsible for |
| at the waistline. This type weight gain puts you at | | | | all the causes and conditions that lead to this obesity |
| risk for diabetes and heart disease. This fact shows | | | | epidemic, or is to the point where the victim gets |
| up in waist circumference that has gone up by about | | | | blamed for the crime. Sugary items and refined grains |
| 4 inches for men and 7 inches for women. This has | | | | are the stuff that tops the menu at many eating |
| occurred between 1960 and 2000. Asian-Americans | | | | places. White flour products that have the bran |
| born in the U.S. are four times to be obese as their | | | | stripped out of it are things that make your blood |
| counterparts in their homeland. | | | | sugar spike quickly. Then it drops and hunger ensues. |
| The typical American menu seems to help produce a | | | | What if they got the American consumer hook line |
| fat American. What is an American menu; it is where | | | | and sinker? Once started eating this way, it is |
| the food choices at a dinning facility serve what is | | | | extremely difficult to not participate, while becoming |
| considered typical American food. It is reflected in | | | | more vulnerable to the influence these products have |
| most burger and fast food establishments. With the | | | | on your hormones and chemistry. The sights, aroma, |
| rising production of food that has a shelf life into the | | | | and childhood memories of being offered these |
| next decade, we are drowning in synthetic food. The | | | | concoctions can be very tantalizing. Around every |
| problem we eat it like we are starving. The truth is | | | | corner there is some eating place hawking these |
| that these products set up cravings and fool with the | | | | delights. |
| production of insulin. From sunrise to sunset we are | | | | |