Riya Patel             

           It's Not Just Fast Food Making U.S. Kids                                Obese

 

           Do you like to eat fast food such as McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King, Wendy;s, etc.? Well studies show that it's not just fast food that makes U.S. kids obese. For example, when kids are not eating fast food they are at home eating cookies, ice cream, chips, soda, frozen pizza. So, you can't really blame fast food on making kids obese. Researchers from the University of North Carolina led by nutrition professor Bobby Popkin studied this issue. They found that children who eat frequently at fast food restaurants tend to eat food that will make them fat or obese anyways. They do that when they are not eating at those restaurants.
          I think that fast food is not the only reason why U.S. kids are overweight. For example, kids go home to cabinets full of unhealthy junk food. Junk food could possibly be the reason of making kids obese. This is important to readers because if kids stop eating junk food and limit when they should have fast food they won't be overweight anymore. This is why it is important for readers to know that it's not just fast food that makes U.S. kids fat.





           So now you know that it is not only fast food that makes U.S. kids obese. I challenge you to find even more facts to support this idea. Visit http://newsela.com/articles/kids-diet/id/2471/ for more information.