| Have you ever wondered why most Americans | | | | station but you will certainly find a candy bar |
| are getting fatter every year? If you go to your | | | | there. |
| local shopping mall, you can see a lot of people | | | | 3. They prefer to use a car to travel to work. |
| with big guts. It is projected that Americans will | | | | It has become too easy for us to use a car to |
| have to pay more medical and hospital cost | | | | go to work. I know some people that live only 15 |
| because they are eating unhealthy foods. This | | | | minutes away from work but prefer to drive |
| would greatly impact the economy because so | | | | there instead. |
| many people are sick and have to use their own | | | | 4. Americans are good at marketing unhealthy |
| hard income on health cost. | | | | food. |
| Here are five reasons Americans are getting | | | | There are plenty of companies that are very |
| fatter: | | | | good at marketing fatty food. If you see any |
| 1. Too much fast food restaurants. | | | | candy commercial, they usually have a fit and |
| Fast food is cheap and generally unhealthy. If you | | | | healthy person advertising fatty foods. It creates |
| look at any shopping mall today, the majority of | | | | a perception that you can still eat bad foods but |
| the restaurants are usually fast food joints. | | | | still stay healthy. |
| Furthermore, they are particular attractive to low | | | | 5. They prefer to use diet pills. |
| income people because they are cheap, tasty and | | | | People want quick fixes and therefore use |
| convenient. | | | | products like diet supplements to make them lose |
| 2. Healthy food cost too much. | | | | fat. However, the majority of these supplements |
| The cost of buying apple juice is usually more | | | | don't work and they can also be harmful. In some |
| expensive than buying a can of coke. Also, you | | | | cases, it can make you fatter. |
| will unlikely to find fruits or vegetables at a gas | | | | |