Fast food is a driving force behind the childhood obesity epidemic and a host of diet related health conditions, predisposing our kids to a lifetime of health problems. Click on the diagram to find out more about the potential long-term effects of fast food on a child’s health. If McDonald's and the rest of the industry began to Value [the] Meal over short term profits, we could prevent escalating healthcare costs and start to reverse an epidemic of diet-related disease.
A Generation At Risk
The most frightening part of the epidemic of obesity and diet-related diseases is its effect on our kids. For example, nearly one-third of America’s children are now overweight or obese, and it’s predisposing them to new and life-threatening health conditions.
Conditions such as kidney stones, “adult onset” diabetes and thickening of the arteries are becoming more common in children at increasingly younger ages. How did we get here? The food that corporations market to children is hurting them in ways we never imagined.
argeting Low-Income Communities
Obesity and diet-related diseases, like diabetes, disproportionately affect low-income and minority communities.
While the movement toward locally-grown, sustainable food systems is taking hold across the country, many communities are still missing out on these exciting changes, making due instead with fast food and corner stores. It’s the perfect formula for elevating rates of diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Find out how some communities are working to bring an oasis of nutrition to these “food deserts.”
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