Obesity and junk food -- there's little doubt about the link. Obesity has reached crisis proportions in the united states. And it's really an crisis that has grown alongside, step by step with the the takeaway food industry.

Eric Schlosser in his brilliant and shocking book, Takeaway food Nation, describes the us as "an empire of fat, inch and he lies the responsibility for this clearly and convincingly at the door of the takeaway food industry.

Two times as many American adults are obese today as with the 60s. More than half of all adults and a one fourth of all children are now obese. Over this same period, takeaway food has become cheaper and safer to buy.

Further evidence for the link between obesity and takeaway food can be found beyond the US. Since the early 1980s, American-style takeaway food culture has spread like wildfire around the world... And obesity has followed, accompanied by its many unwelcome side effects: heart problems, diabetes, arthritis and other affilictions.

As people in countries like The japanese and China have abandoned traditional healthy diets in favour of takeaway food, the rates of obesity and associated diseases have soared.

In countries which have ignored the spread of takeaway food culture, like England, Croatia and The country, obesity is less of a problem. The good news is that there is now more awareness about the side effects of takeaway food than previously, thanks partially to books like Takeaway food Nation and written movies like Morgan Spurlock's popular and punchy Super Size Me.

There also seems to be an actual change in people's attituded to to food and how it is produced. As Schlosser says slightly of his book: its success should not be caused by my literary style, my storytelling ability, or the unique of my arguments.

Had the same book been published a decade ago, with the same words in the same order, it probably wouldn't have attracted much attention. Not just in the united states, but throughout western Europe, people are needs to question the massive, homogenizing systems that produce, distribute, and market their food. The unexpected popularity of Takeaway food Nation, I believe, has a simple yet unique explanation. The occasions are changing. inch

So what can we do to as consumers to tackle the problem of obesity and junk food?

First, we can stop supporting the traditional, unhealthy takeaway food chains italian restaurant in king of prussia. Let's rather buy from outlets that sell healthy alternatives. More and more of these restaurants and delis are opening. There should be at least one in your area. Support it!

Another thing we can do is to vestibule our congressperson (or MP or some other political representative if we're in a country beyond the US) to ban all advertisements that promote foods high in fat and sugar to children.

As Schlosser points out, prevention is far better than cure. A ban on advertising unhealthy foods to children would discourage eating habits that are not only hard to break, but potentially life-threatening.

Such a ban may sound far-fetched, unless you remember that 35 years ago a ban on cigarette advertising appeared equally unlikely. Five years later Congress banned cigarette ads from television and radio. And those ads were inclined to adults, not children.