Fast food, Fat profits: Obesity in America | Fault Lines
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- Obesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, and one out of every three is obese. One in three is expected to have diabetes by 2050.
Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher prevalence of obesity and Hispanics 25 per cent higher when compared with whites.
How did the situation get so out of hand?
In this week's episode of Fault Lines, Josh Rushing explores the world of cheap food for Americans living at the margins.
What opportunities do people have to eat healthy? Who is responsible for food deserts and processed food in American schools?
Fault Lines finds food revolutions taking place and speaks with the people that are fighting back.
People featured in this film: Marion Nestle, Marlene Schwartz, John Bode, Nelson Eusebio, J. Justin Wilson, Dr. Olajide Williams, Lauren Von Der Pool, Julie Paradis, Cathal Armstrong, Ed Bruske,
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What's wrong with drinking WATER with your meal? I'm from Canada, everywhere I go in America, people are always drinking sugar-sweetened beverages like soda and iced tea with their meals in restaurants. I rarely see people drink water with their meals. That would be a good start!
WC So true!
Here in Australia a lot of restaurants serve free water, so people are somewhat motivated to drink water because they don't have to pay for it.. I'm not sure how it is in the US though
rosa.s 1996 yes, in America every restaurant serves free water
I think they may be shamed for asking for something that is free or very cheap. It happens here in Brazil. The more you spend the better it is to show off, even if you barely have money to pay your bills.
WC yeaaah like water is the best drink ever, and have 0 calories
I remember, I was addicted to ice teas and sugar drinks i drinked like 3/4 glasses per day but i substitute it for water and now im fell much better
The worst part is people are denying obesity is unhealthy
Edit: ya'll its still not ok to bodyshame
It’s all about self love ❤️ 🤣
Aaaaa yes natural selection
Today the newest trend is to say someone is " Thick, " not fat! No mater how overweight someone is, they are not considered fat these days. The reason is not to offend by using the word fat. The reason it's wrong, is because the extra weight will cause serious health issues, that drive up the cost of healthcare for everyone
Right. The Health At Every Size movement is murder.
Oh yeah the new 'Fat is beautiful and brave' bullshit bandwagon. I guess it's easier for some people to accept that movement then accept responsibility and do the hard work to lose weight and be healthy.
I went on a no sugar low carb organic vegetarian diet eight months ago because I wanted to be healthier. My company had a meeting where everyone was offered a Christmas holiday Starbucks coffee latte. (Use to be a big fan, no hate) I didn't finish the latte because it just didn't taste as good as I remembered. Your taste buds change when you pull away from sugar.
100% . I did kind of the same. cut out meat and suger. My body felt so much different. Lighter and i had so much more energy. And just like u with the taste. Meat and soda didnt taste good anymore x)
They do. And If you Cut Out sugar you will taste it in almost everything you try Later on!
Yes
Did you cut out fruits as well?
And salt, and grease and carbs. I did it also. You just have to give effort. It works.
Im from Vietnam - a country with the lowest rate of obesity. It is amazing to live here as fresh fruits and vegetables are cheaper than processed and fast food.
I'm skinny but I'm glad your happy with your body's and healthy keep staying healthy!❤
Lies again? Evil Angel Tushy USD SGD
Vietnam doesnt have cheap seed oils, chemicals, petrolium, overly pesticide foods, not sure if yall got GMO foods but we do. If all of these would be banned like in U.K or Russia, Mcdonalds would be a healthy meal choice.
@@brianabeans4549
GMOs arent that bad and most crops Southeast Asian are genetically modified especially rice
@@ligondesenuts769 arent that bad? Just how bad are they? Give me numbers,
the only reason fast food seems "cheaper" than healthy food is because it looks cheaper to spend $5.00 every meal than $100.00 all at once
Agreed. I actually started cutting down how much I buy something even low calorie like soup from Panera and make my lunch at home before I leave for work; now all three meals are made at home except on Thursdays and Fridays, as a treat. The easiest way to give yourself a raise is to stop eating out so much!
I completely agree. Just the other day, I baked tilapia ($4.58 for 2 fillets) and asparagus ($2.99/bunch) and it was enough for dinner and then lunch the next day. That's $3.78 for each meal.
@Freethinkers There are plenty skinny prople who eat garbage too.
Freethinkers obesity affects the brain
john mayer And you're not hungry all the time. Some believe that you really need discipline to eat nutritious food, but that is not true. I even tried a vegan LCHF diet for six months, you get used to it within a week.
Watching people chew for the first 30 seconds was horrendous. 🤯
I'm not usually squeamish, but that watch difficult to watch/hear.
The sound of it was vile.
It was gross
best video to use to turn people off of eating.
IKR, it killed me.
The problem in America is there's sugar everywhere, even in vegetables cans and bread. Terrible.
Exactly my friend also are you french your name look french
Sugar is not the direct cause… it’s saturated fat.
@@Frugivorous sugar aswell
Not just the US it’s happening all over the world as sugar is cheap and added to everything
@@loafollower9590 🤣🤣🤣
It's not about the fast food places, it's about culture. I live in Europe and there are at least 6 fast food chains near my house. Yet I never order take out more than once a month and that's because I grew up with fresh, homemade food and my stomach can't fathom the thought of eating take out every day or even every week.
in Polandd we only have mcdonalds, kfc , burger king and no others like little ceasers or in n out etc
@@samanthawright7053 I’d dare to disagree. Not all people in Germany are wealthy but many manage to eat somehow healthy by understanding that portions don’t have to be huge and you can enjoy something very simple like a slice of bread and a couple of tomatoes. Drinking tap water instead of sugary drinks. And most importantly, be in constant motion…and I know this is not responsibility of the citizens but using the car for everything is something where the US system has failed. The young woman at the 11:05 was completely right. It’s all about having the right information.
@@samanthawright7053 cooking at home is a lot cheaper.
@@samanthawright7053 America has an uneducated stupid problem. I won't deny that fast food taste better, but it's certainly cheaper to buy homemade fresh food. Rice, beans, canned tuna or chicken thighs, bananas, potatoes, sweet potatoes... cover most of your micro and macro nutrients and are dirt cheap for the most part. These mfers drinking "blue juice" . I havent touched a drink that isn't water or sparkling water or almond milk for 10 yearsa
@@keiratadil885 not always. I recently started cooking more at home. I made a slow cooker roast with steamed veggies. It cost about $25 and supplied 3 meals. The Burger King down the street from me is selling $5 meals - you get a burger, fries, nuggets, AND a drink. It would have saved me $10 to eat 3 fast food meals plus my homemade meals didn't include the drink, and I had to spend time (and electricity and water) prepping and cleaning up.
Wendy's has the same deal but for $4, so that route would have been half the cost of my homemade healthy food.
you can't eat healthy cos it''s expensive. But everybody seems to be rich enough to buy the latest iphone. Crazy times we live in. ( EDIT - 6.4K likes, OMG, It never occurred to me how controversial my comment was)
devinda amarathunga people can’t pay off groceries over a time period of two years.
you can eat greek salad which is quite cheap
devinda amarathunga i agree i never had a iPhone in my life
I just get food from Aldi. It's cheaper, and I can get healthy food.
You need the phone to order online delivery, so you don't have to go get your fast food.
I can't imagine eating McDonald's for breakfast lunch and dinner
I can barely eat a Big Mac without feeling like I’m going to vomit. Lmao
right! yuckyyy
No 💩 is coming out lmao
I can't imagine eating this trash at all.
Ya, for me it's not even delicious
Here in Japan school meals are cooked from scratch in the school kitchen, from preschool on. They are fantastic, flavorful and varied. Made largely from local ingredients, and fresh vegetables are delivered each morning. A very nice system indeed.
Well done, thank you.
Sounds delicious!
I washed dishes in Grade 6 in Oklahoma and my pay was our great cafeteria lunches: bbq chicken legs, done right, corn bread fresh made and hot, etc.
how much do those schools pay for the staff cookers
@@Brandonhayhew Why... are you looking for a job? It pays well enough to keep talented staff on board and keep healthy, nutritious meals on the menu every day.
@@scofab Those public or private schools has to pay the extra for all that. These kitchen meals freshly made cooked meals would be kinda costly
"You eat fast food, and you're not getting the nutrients that you need, so you eat more trying to get those nutrients that your body needs." Great statement
and that need means processed food loaded with sugar and salt, so it makes the weight gain even more likely.
“We can’t afford healthy food and exercise,”
“We can’t afford the surgery and medicines,”
Pay the farmer now or pay the doctor later, as the saying goes.
yep
Exercise is free. Put on your shoes, go out the door, and walk. Preferably to your local library where the education is also free.
How you cant afford to exercise,its free and simple
Dodge Guy “Afford” as in put in the time and commitment, because of laziness or whatever other excuse made.
@travpoet Well most people need some guidance about working out. And it's not only jogging/walking that is necessary. They could make a policy that gyms would be cheaper or something i dont know. In my country gyms are super cheap like 69 euros per year (the cheapest), endless people subscribe but many fail to attend.
U.S. school lunches are disgusting and shameful
Its sad when you think that america spends millions of dollars on military but lazy to make childrens food tasty and healthy.
Just dont eat lunch lmao. I'm sure every school in the U.S. has some fruit and vegetables set aside.
@beep boop Schools, at least in America, are infamous for their poor food choices. There's not a lot of funding for schools as it is so you just have to make do with the food they provide. At my high school they won't let you walk out if you don't have any fruit or vegetables on your tray which seems to work. But in the end it's up to the kids to decide what they want to eat or not. In the mornings I usually have a cup of coffee and eat 1 meal a day which is dinner, but I know not everybody can live off the same diet.
@@sweetpeach4842 if america can spend thousands of dollars on their millitary budget, why cant they deliver fresh fruit. It seems people can buy the latest IPhone but not healthcare and food - _-
Sultan Abdulhameed II i went on holiday to america and the broccoli had sugar on it 🥴
When that guy says " its up to the parents to protect the kids" that hit hard, so many don't, and they're the ones responsible!😰
I somewhat agree with that statement, but it doesn't remove the responsability from the goverment.
It's the strategy of the capitalists. They say that the market should be free. If it was for them, child labor would be in. Oh wait, it's coming back!
They rather keep getting their pockets full of sugar money than to care for people.
That's like saying "they're dishonestly poisoning you but it's your fault for giving them the benefit of the doubt".
The parents need the same protection. There's food everywhere, most people don't know what's healthy or what we actually need in a day.
How can the parents even protect their children when they have zero influence of the junk the kids get at school every day.
Many people don't know this but food can either heal you or kill you. Just pick the right foods. Low carb, veggies, meat. It's hard but so is being over weight and needing meds. I was pre diabetic and I turned it around. Had high blood pressure turned it around. Was 330lbs and I've lost over 140. It's possible. It's a long hard journey but it's possible
Congrats on turning it around. You did not choose excuses and took responsibility for your life. The diet doesn’t have to be repetitive and boring. You can eat cheap, healthy, tasty food. I never understand how Americans like to think healthy food equal expensive and not tasty. I would like to add more on the healthy food options.
Low good carbs: sweet potatoes, pumpkin, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, quinoa, brown rice noodles.
Protein: meat, fishes, shrimps, tofu, beans, eggs.
Fiber: any type of veggies. Just visit an Asian grocery store, you guys will see how many options you could have.
Good fats: almonds, nuts and seeds, greek yogurt, nut butter, avocado, cheese.
The easiest way to make any food taste better is adding some low sodium soy sauce or mushroom seasoning. American cuisine like to use only salt to season and it’s why lots of people have high blood pressure and diabetes at the same time.
@@itsnotif.itswhenhigh blood pressure and diabetes are caused by SUGAR not salt. They’re by byproducts of insulin resistance. People develop insulin resistance through eating too much sugar/carbs and foods high in Omega 6, also frequent eating can cause it.
But your protein suggestion is good I’ll also say eat fatty meat, eat butter, and dairy (if you can tolerate it) you need saturated fats for optimal health
Food is medicine.😊
Apply for Medicaid
"Many people don't know this but food can either heal you or kill you" Most doctors don't even know that. They don't learn nutrition in Med school.
I remember when Michelle Obama said drink more water and tried to change to healthier school lunches and people were upset and crying! Teachers even had students do music videos saying healthy lunches didn’t give them energy they needed the high calorie ones!😂🤣🤣 No matter your political party that’s just crazy!
I go to school in the us, and nobody eats the healthier food. we just eat the main food assuming it's good (so it's likely to be unhealthy)
MegadethsGirl haha that’s crazy. Political parties are turning people ignorant smh
All of the food is disgusting. It actually used to be better and more nutritious than it is now. Trust me. Also, the portion sizes are a little ridiculous for the ages of the students targeted. At my school, 14-15 year olds are being served a 4 tiny chicken nuggets and a small packet of carrots. So no, it’s not filling or energizing.
ericakelly123 I think the problem was the food looked like prison meals. Slop. It went from a meal easily compared to a home cooked meal, to slop. It looked disgusting. The “meat” was gray with the “healthy” meals.
Did that really happened? I don't live in the US, so I wouldn't know.
Fastfood is way more expensive than grocery stores. It cost $10 at McDonalds for 1 meal. I can spend $20 and make 5 or 6 meals
I got a $25 gift card from McD's. My son and I couldn't even get enough food for the both us. I ended up having to drop a few items to not pay any extra $. The fast food industry is scalping us.
40ozpukeface I agree. I spend about $30 a week to buy fruits, vegetables, and meats which provide every meal I eat. No gluten, no junk food, no sweet beverage. It’s cheap and healthy. It’s just not that convenient.
If you order the high stuff. I stopped eating McDonald's years ago.
But an apple cost more than a burger according to this misinformation of a video posted. Maybe apples are out of season somewhere. Haha This video is based on lies. Its always cheaper shopping at grocery stores.
@@kennethwyant9813 I know right! Why do they always lie about this stuff?
Surprised to be charged more on a bottle of water than a bottle of soda when I was in the US. It made me realise how the mindset towards food is vastly different than where I come from. I probably spent a lot more on water while I was there but I have no regrets.
IMO, its how the culture is shaped - they are brought up on "convenient" so fast food or anything that cut short the processes is the ultimate option. My US friends are very car-centric culture and hated walking anything more than 500m, while I'm just so used to walking everywhere - if its within 2km, I just put on my headphones and walk there. If they can take their car or the public transportation, they would (I digress on walking-centric cities tho like NY). But overall, I just told them they could increase their daily exercises by walking where they need to be. A few friends take me up on that and saw their weight dropping just by walking to shops, to their office, or just walking at the park leisurely in the morning/evening.
not even Jesus Christ , liked to drink water but drinking water with sugar ? just for babies , man been drinking wine since neolithic times and nothing wrong with it but today the amurikons that never were a wine lovers decided to say wine not good so everyone started drinking they water tinted with sugar , , the problem is huge , they pervert everything in name of good and the result is catastrophic
You are right, but you can buy little while on foot. You can use a bike with a basket and use a back pack, so that you can buy things you need.
That's the only reason I enjoy being in a downtown area - everything is within walking distance. Unfortunately I actually live in a small town. You have to drive 15 minutes minimum to get to most businesses, so walking there and back would take hours. A lot of the U.S. is set up like that - where we rely heavily on highways to get us where we need to go, so we get used to the cars because they're necessary in most areas. There's a TON of rural places here, even though the media likes to focus on big cities.
But when I do get the chance, I love to find a downtown area, park my car, and walk to the multitude of shops for about an hour or so.
But... how is it even possible? Soda needs water to even been made, how it can be cheaper than water...
Also, one of the best things you can do is if in your area tap water is good, just use it to drink, instead of buying. Better for environment because less plastic bottles and much much cheaper
@@naturazpolski9213 people need to go to uni to learn that, it requires lots of technics to learn ha ha ha ha , but i remind you tap water is not free also i pay 600 bucks a year for that previlege of tap water
I grew up in a small province of the Philippines, where we don't have any fast food chains in the area, and we only eat vegetables, fish, and fruits all the time. I remember having my first fast food experience after I graduated college and moved to the big city. So growing up, fast food for us was a luxury, and we only drank soda if there was a celebration. To add up, because of the lifestyle I adopted and still doing while living in the US, I can say that I never got sick nor had any health issues.
"You can buy a hamburger for cheaper than you can buy an apple"
WHERE?
I wish lol ...
That’s obviously coming from a person who’s never bought an Apple
i mean most ppl eat a whole hamburger as a meal but no ones gonna eat an apple as their whole meal
Fred Vima I sometimes eat an apple with peanut butter as a meal. It’s tasty and healthy
Fred Vima It doesn’t matter what you eat or not as a whole meal. They litteraly said "an apple costs more than a burger", which is simply not true.
I'll never forget my shock when I found out American kids are given Pizza for breakfast at school..WT actual F.
I’m shocked too
wth I’m american and I have never had pizza for breakfast at my school, and I go to school early, so I eat the breakfast everyday
Apparently, because pizza has tomato sauce on it, it's classed as a vegetable. Although tomatoes are a fruit.
It's as if people think that because pizza has tomato on it, it's not very unhealthy.
@@gwynzynoodles2553 It's probably only in certain US states that this happens.
I cannot imagine growing up in a neighbourhood without a grocery store selling any sort of fresh food. My heart goes out to the children that grow up on fast food. Thats horrible
It's pretty bad that so many American food products and by-products that we utilize on a daily basis are prohibited for usage in other foreign countries because of potential or proven health problems that come about.
It's pretty sad that Americans just sit there like gulping goldfish or performing seals waiting for a thrown fish instead of doing something. Geez, how much info do you need? Stop watching dancing shows, quiz shows, sing song shows, marriage shows, weight loss shows, cooking shows, cop shows, doctor shows, soaps etc etc!!!! FFS READ A BOOK, USA!!!!!!
I'm Asian, and i'm come from a poor family, and where i live vegetable is the cheapest groceries you could find and meat is the expensive one, and i'm grateful that our "system" keep us healthy, more or less
Meat is not unhealthy how it's processed and consumed is.
@Kamna Milk is much more unhealthy for the environment and 1000 times cruel to animals too.
@Kamna If you learn the facts about how the glass of milk comes to our table you will immediately stop consuming ALL dairy products. Dairy business is extremely cruel. I am surprised if you are really not aware.
And keep it that way
And glorifying it! 🙄
People say that healthy food is expensive but I wonder if they know medical bills due to poor health is even more expensive. The majority of health problems in the USA are not genetic, they’re from bad eating habits.
Aisha Davis Yeah “fat is genetic” is BS
Healthy food ISN'T expensive. They just lying to cover their habits.
Healthy food isn’t expensive at all. They’re just lazy and delusional.
I mean, it is, that's why impoverished obesity is so high
Aisha Davis I know right... in the long run paying all those maintenance meds is more debts and money that could have been saved and enjoyed with family. People seriously need to think about things in the long run and how it could affect lives. They could always start planting their own fruits and vegetables... seeds are not expensive. If money was really the reason why people choose fast foods people needs to figure ways to save more and take care of self. When we take for granted our health we also lose our freedom.
Unhealthy little kids really break my heart... Get them moving, go to the park, beach, gardens... But make sure to never mention their weight to them. Just make it fun and the weight will melt off... They are just too precious 🥰
And guess what, pets are just the same! And dogs and cats are the only animals that get all the same chronic diseases as humans! And who feeds all three??? There are fat dogs and cats up and down my street, around the block and off unto the horizon. And guess what, all native felines and canines all predominately die from either old age or injuries.Rarely chronic disease.
Something that is rarely discussed is that most of these foods are soft, preventing the jaw from the exercise of chewing it needs. This in turn pushes the lower jaw in, facilitating mouth breathing and reflux.
Tooth decay is another issue altogether...
I cannot imagine eating junk everyday, I'd probably die from missing fresh food.
Wow cool. I could easily eat it everyday
Snowflake
Same, that’s crazy how Americans call regular food “vegan” and “healthy” like they only eat patties, Coca-Cola and french fries and nothing else
@@tuumanka7974 Your sentence doesn't make any sense
My body dose take it it always rejects fast food.....
This video is from 9 years ago and here we're , praising fat acceptance and body positivity as "beautiful"
It's pretty sick.
Neither fat nor thin is beautiful.
In other words overpopulation solving solution
@Bart SimpsonI have a plan let's encourage people to be more fat so we can ramp up those numbers
@Bart Simpson your right, you have a Sharp brain my Friend
All these fat positivity groups need to watch this
They’re too busy dying.
When I grew up in the 50s and 60s fast food places were few and far between. I remember a pizza place and a few family diners and restaurants. Snacks were potato chips or pretzels. I think the end of fast food would be a wonderful thing. It used to be a rare treat and now it is main meal dining.
In Kenya, healthy food is cheap and available while junk food is expensive. Lol. 5 apples go for 1$. A kilo of beans 1.50$.. Chips and Burger 15$
I wonder if your government subsidizes the stuff the American one does. Corn, for example, gets heavily subsidized. So almost all of our cheap junk food is based on corn. Either it's high-fructose corn syrup, or the feed given to the beef cows, or just the food ingredient itself. The cheapest food here relies the most on corn.
Economies of scale handles the rest, for us.
same in Egypt.. A big mac with small fries here are 75 pound and not everyone can afford that
That's very good
Same in Uganda
Lb of cheapest red apples is like $3-$2 a lb I think .that's dollar for each. this is at the main markets I go to the no name brand markets (Aldis) for the majority of my stuff 3lb bag is $5 .alot of ppl don't go there.they want a Nike banana
"You can buy a hamburger for cheaper than you can buy an apple" ...On what planet??
i live in nyc. an organic apple of good quality can be $2-3.
Yo Lo I can buy 6 apples for the price of a big mac
@@RT-fs3tt How about a regular apple ? In a normal supermarket, not some bumbaclaat nightshop or gas station? The fact that you associate apples with such ludicrous prices means you don't know how and where to do your shopping. I ain't from the USA but other people from there posting comments here get them much cheaper. Food should be cheaper in NY like here in London, i.e. cheaper than out in the sticks, because of logistics and greater competition. Of course if I buy in a tourist shop, or a small shop in the City of London (like Manhattan, where the big bankers and stockbrokers work) it's gonna cost me 10 times what it costs in a regular grocers.
@@RT-fs3tt But you can buy a bag of non-organic apples for like $3.99 and that's going to be a lot healthier and a lot more food than any burger of equal or lesser value. You obviously don't have to get the most expensive produce to eat more healthily than McDonalds. Fresh food is cheap! Just gotta have your dried stuff stocked up and keep buying produce in small, usable amounts so they don't perish.
Yo Lo United States 🇺🇸😂😂😂
About 20 years ago in Canada, I would say it was very rare to see somebody who is morbidly obese. But now, I see it more and more. I have seen that in the past three years fresh food grocery prices have gone through the roof. I used to be able to buy bags of apples, carrots, potatoes, chicken, for much cheaper than processed prepared foods in the grocery store. Now I’m starting to notice that buying fresh healthy foods is costing more and I fear that we are going to turn out exactly the same as Americans.
But you will never be as rude!
At such moments, you begin to believe that hunger all over the world is a reality
Yet you close the border to thin asylum seekers. Joe Biden took action to decrease trump / covid era border regulations. Andrew Cuomo took action to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver licenses.
WHY would you close the border to thin illegal migrants?
having pushed vegan diets,, the supply chain now ramps up the price!! you are correct: the low end was always a real bargain: look at East Indian markets: they sell GUNNY SACKS of tomatoes, onions, carrots, and bell peppers.
I'm quite sure that obesity was an issue in Canada twenty years ago and not a recent phenomenon 😂
I remember growing up in India before moving to the U.S.
As a child, a ramen noodle company would come to our school and advertise their products. They had hot plates and cooked noodles for the entire school. All the kids were hooked and it was free.
I went home and wanted more. Great advertising!!!! This was 1985.
Now living in the U.S. and in my 40s, I see it everywhere. You'll never see a broccoli AD on television or on a TH-cam feed. 🙄
Vegetables don't get Govt subsidies like Animal Ag does....
i feel so bad for my stomach eating mc donald’s once in a month,and people are eating it for breakfast,lunch and dinner....
Mc Donald's always had some sterile and fake taste to me as if their burgers came from a chemical lab or something like that.
I really feel disgusted by their food.
@@JackoBanon1 same here
I only eat in fastfoods once, twice or thrice a month. But I am trying my best not to get in or in other words, fughting my temptations to fastfoods. And Looking at them eating that 3x a day? My goshhh! Killer foods indeed!
Haven't had fast-food or restaurant food for almost 3 months. Almost down 30lbs. If I didn't make it, I won't eat it.
any fast food place is gross asf. I hope gen z or any future generations in America don't go there on a daily basis. I want people to learn, and not repeat.
People buy 'fast food' not necessarily because it's cheap but, because they're too lazy to cook or never learned how.
+mrblowhard2u It's addictive, sugar is as addictive as cocaine and a lot of people can't have it in moderation after a while. It also breaks the body and mind down so eventually they feel really bad without it. You can call that lazy beacuse that's what it looks like but I call it addicted to drugs.
You can also compare it to that some people can use ilegal drugs recreational on ocasion and not suffer badly from it while other get hooked and have their lives ruined, are they bad and lazy? I don't think so, I think it is bad to sell people drugs and that it is insane to be able to do it legaly.
The truth is that when society begins to label people "victims" all the weak, lazy and neurotic people line up for a free hand out.
random fun times , so true , the chemicals are so addictive.
random fun times, yes!!! This this this!!! People really need to do their research on certain foods and their different addictive qualities. This stuff is not made up, there's been studies done on mice that actually have proven sugar to be equivalent to COCAINE in the way it chemically reacts in your brain, it is EXTREMELY addictive. Also cheese! Cheese is in so much of our food and a lot can't live without it because of the casomorphine! Which is also an addictive substance, it's made to be that way to keep the baby cows drinking the milk to grow, so when we eat it it has the same effect and we want more and more. There's so much people are kept ignorant of, but you just need to do your own research, this stuff is seriously addictive and there are food scientists who study this stuff and figure out which foods to market the most because their the most addictive, that's why dairy products are in majority of foods as well as sugar!!! So until we treat obese people as drug addicts which is really what they are, we will never get to the meat and potatoes of this issue, haha, see what I did?
mrblowhard2u
It is not will power but biochemistry. It is the grains, sugars and how Big Ag has changed the DNA of foods especially wheat , which is now a 18-24" inch high plant compared to a 5 foot high plant of our grandparents.
I live in Europe and my sister once had the opportunity to participate in a student exchange in the USA. When she was on her way back, my mother asked what she would like to have as her first meal at home. My sister said "just a salt. A real salad. Maybe some spaghetti". My mother asked what she meant by "real salad". My sister said "real salad. Just with greens and vegetables without cream without sugar without fried in it. And especially home-cooked spaghetti. I can't stand the food here anymore. It makes you sick. everything is sweet. Even the salad. No one here cooks for themselves, they can't do it anymore".
I think that's all you need to know about the food system in the USA.
Where did she go😳 I live in Washington and I find a lot of states especially largely populated and “woke” ones have a lot more healthy items. I live in Seattle and honestly rarely see obese people.
Haha the same feeling here. Food in the US are just very sweet😂
@@luckyhappy65
I will never forget how she called and told of her disappointment when she had to realize that for our taste sensation, even apples are extremely sweet ("they taste as if they have dumped sugar over it and put in").
shopped in LA for mom and the prices are now as much as Canada for GOOD food. the junk she can't digest anyway at 94. I sourced an Irish Cheddar I buy in Canada for 9 bucks and in the USA I found it at Albertsons' for 12 bucks US!!!
My mother brought us up eating healthy. Her motto was "what you eat in your first fourty years will show what you are in the next fourth years". I have followed her motto and my small family get a healthy cooked meal & packed lunches every day.
This was filmed over 10 years ago and the quality looks like something today
Here in 2021. Yup, still like this.
@Jonathan Norway I kinda agree, some people go out and say that obesity is beautiful, but most of them just say that chubby people (I mean healthy, for example, genetics?) Are valid too
The situation in the US only gets worse...
Stupid comment. Films made in the 1960 can look better than films made today.
@@sM-kw8xo i agree
I have about 6 kilos extra, and my doctor pointed it out that since it is all in my middle section, it is a health risk. When I told my best friend about this, she got offended that a doctor should not say stuff like that. Huh? I am happy he pointed it out, I feel like he cares and he gave me good tips. We are all so blinded by fat that we see it as normal. I think that is concerning.
You need to find a better friend. She is such a snowflake that is out of touch to reality. Fat shamming is good because it's a situation that can be changed through food and exercise.
@@airofd fat shaming is not helpful. Studies have shown that it actuallu has a negative effect and people wont lose weight. My doctor also didnt fat shame me, he is a professional who can just say "hey, that could be a problem, lets do something about it". Maybe educate yourself before yelling in internet about fat shaming.
@@asuban let me play the world smallest violin
@@airofd all you can do 👍
@Anon Omous lol i had noticed and had actually dropped some weight before that. I was in a surgery and bed ridden for 3 months. Kilos get on fast.
I was in Angola Africa back in 2015 and I was overweight back then. We went grocery shopping at a local market, and I put a snickers bar on the checkout counter. The girl working there did not speak English, but she made it very clear that I do not need that candy bar because I was already fat. That is how it ought to be; tell it like it is and quit worrying about people's feelings.
I was 280 lbs 1 months ago... today I am 274 I am wright training 4 times a week and eating 8\16 fasting with keto ... I am working hard and pray I keep this up. It's going to be hard but I can make it !!!
My mom went to the US for some courses when she was younger and she said that in a couple of months she gained 10 kilos. She said that even the bread was kind of sweet.
That’s true. The most popular cheapest bread in the supermarket contains a lot of sugar.
I gained 8kg in about 8 months. I lost it all as soon as I went back to Spain.
She must have made poor food choices then.
I'm an American and I lose more weight easily when I go to Europe than when I go to the gym.
Thats true, its impossible to find decent bread in america, it like everything is soaked in sugar.
When food becomes entertainment and anti-depressant, it's bound to happen. We eat when sad, anxious, happy, sulking, doing nothing, what else to expect..
I can fall into that trap so I restrict the amount of what I eat. If I want a candy bar, I buy those mini or fun-size bars and eat one or two of them.
I starve when I am upset. I don't want to eat when I'm upset. Guess that's why I'm skinny.
If anything that kind of food favors a depressing state, quit sugar, get out that and your head fills lither, more clear, it's unbelievable what people believe they have to rely on.
Its not that bad when the food you crave is healthy!
I cannot stop eating carrots
You have nailed it.
There's a dude that I work with that was overweight when he first started but he's put on so much more weight, I'm really concerned. The thing is, we have a gym at work and the company is ok with us working out on the clock. And due to the nature of our job, we have plenty of downtime to work out. He literally can be paid to work out everyday, but he doesn't. You can't blame corporations for everything.
In the USA the size of the meals is huge, the junk food is cheaper, there's an huge amount of sugar in everything, is a car oriented country - a perfect storm
The junk food is not cheaper. People just don’t want to eat the whole, natural food because you have to prepare them.
People are fat because it’s easier to get “fast” food.
I don’t have energy after eating fast food. I feel heavy, weighed down and nauseous. And that’s just after eating a flimsy cheeseburger and small fries.
That is by design. After that came sugar crash and hunger and the cycle begin anew where you eat more and more fast food.
You don’t have energy? Bro I do 😂 I be feeling pleased after I eat fast food maybe it’s because I’m young
lucky you, its not as addicting to you and u must have less cravings.
Same here
Absolutely true. My legs blow up if I eat any fast food and my stomach doesn't like it.
I only eat at foreign family run small restaurants. No problems.
Just moved to Germany and after two weeks I already feel less tired and less bloated.
What do you eat over there?
Alexandrea N we do mostly veggies and lean meats from the markets. On the weekends we might stop by a local bakery and get a loaf of fresh bread or some chocolate croissants. For fast food I have taken a shine to Turkish döner kebap. They are really yummy.
Ricky Jackson oh wow! I didn’t think ppl ate healthy in Germany lol
@@alexandrean6657 We don't. We've got the same problems with obesity but to a lower degree as corporations aren't as powerful here.
Welcome to Germany. I hope you're having a good time here. Well... as good as it can be considering the circumstances. It's unfortunate.
I stopped eating sugar and fast food altogether two months ago. I stick to 'clean' foods only, no breads, rice or pasta, no soft drinks etc... Nothing processed and no additives. I walk, ride my bike or swim 30 minutes a day...some days a little more. I've lost 22 lbs and I feel like a new person. I was extremely depressed when I started this journey and my depression has vanished, like magic. We ARE what we eat!!!
Good job, Leisa.
May I ask why no rice? I understand gluten and sugars ect. But rice is actually a good healthy and cheap filling addition to a meal
@@KITN._.8 I opt to not eat the extra carbs rice has. I can get my body's fuel from foods not so rich in carbs. As of now I'm down more than 27 lbs.
@@leisasmith4983 that understandable, do you eat Quinoa?
The energy is dufferent when you cut out processed foods. I ahve a lot of energy wven i sleep late i woke up nice in the morning
Wow this video is 13 years old and nothing has changed.
*Eat your food as medicine or else you have to eat your medicine as food*
Perfectly said
Cha ching
@@StrongCoreSociety you can eat fast food and candies.but not a lot.if you have fast metabolism-you're a lucky one.
@@StrongCoreSociety I'm not sure wheter you're trolling or not
That sounds sick
Everytime i feel the urge to eat unhealthy i come here and it makes me stop having these thoughts
Same
WHAT is wrong with cake 1nc a day-no i know. Sugar isn't good for you. I eat grams everyday but fast metabolism☺
Same. I just have the watch the opening again. 😬
Here's some motivation for y'all.
My neighbor, Maria, at age 55 is weighing over 200 pounds.
She works, but she has no heart to exercise. No walking around no jogging, absolutely zilch! She drinks, smokes 🚬, and eats unhealthy. She can barely walk straight. In fact she walks like a penguin 🐧 . She can't really run.
Do u wanna end up like Maria???
@@mariammontaser7843 Here's some motivation for y'all.
My neighbor, Maria, at age 55 is weighing over 200 pounds.
She works, but she has no heart to exercise. No walking around no jogging, absolutely zilch! She drinks, smokes 🚬, and eats unhealthy. She can barely walk straight. In fact she walks like a penguin 🐧 . She can't really run.
Do u wanna end up like Maria???
It is simply not true that an apple is more expensive than a hamburger in the US. Fruits and vegetables are among the cheapest things in the grocery store. Bananas are something like 70 cents a pound, hamburger is around 6.50 a pound. Apples are very cheap in my grocery store, even really good ones cost about 50 cents a pound, less on sale.
Gigantic portion sizes have become very normalized in America, most people don't seem to have any idea how small a portion of pasta or cereal should look like or that you're not supposed to do things like eat whole pizza's by yourself...
I watch videos like this for motivation to workout more and clean up my diet
Just do the keto diet
Whatever you do, make sure not to do the keto diet. Go vegan and eat more raw fruits.
A.C.E., exactly. That’s why I’m vegetarian. I’ve been a vegetarian for 2 years and I’ve lost over 80 pounds🤗
Haha same. Single digit body fat goal.
dont listen to these morons about keto or vegan diet. Eat a balanced diet with fruit,veg,nuts,grains, good red meats.
So glad i live in a country where fast food is expensive and we eat home cooked food on daily basis lol
Where do u live?
Same! Hahaha well I still prefer home cooked foods.
Same...😁😁
Where do you Iive?
I live in Canada for more than a year and i definitely prefer my mom's home cooked meals.
My son who is overweight married into an obese family I was horrified on Thanksgiving when I was invited for dinner and I saw these people eat,it was gross.they went up for 3 servings.I was grossed out.
I lost 20lbs just by no longer eating out for lunch and no longer drinking soft drinks with sugar.
I was 6 foot 1 and weighed 285 lbs. I went on diet, stood strong, avoided fast food, and worked out. I started slow and gradually worked myself up to more exercise. A few months later I lost 70 lbs. It takes time, not a miracle.
way to go man!
uefamikep that’s awesome keep it up.
People wants quick fix in everything. The magic lose weight pill , surgery, meds. Seriously this era is just full of lazy people. Nobody wants to do things for oneself anymore. I’m not perfect and yes I’m not 💯 consistent in working out but it slaps me silly and back to my senses when I think about maintenance meds in the future if I don’t take care of myself now or how my generation might not live as long as my parents. It’s scary!!!
Thats good but it doesnt take years, it takes about 2 weeks if you work super hard, 2month medium to hard and 6 months to see a real difference. 10 years is too long, you need to sweat, breaking into a sweat means you are working at the right level
James P sure thing you could see a difference in 2 weeks but what he’s saying is that it’s gotta be sustainable
uefamikep good one you bro! Keep up the good work.
Also if you smoke marijuana it burns fat cells. Keep in mind when the munchies hit in, only drink water. All the best!
In Pakistan, we have cheaper organic food and expensive fast food. I am amazed to see how it's reverse in usa.
A big slice of banana tree is about 5$ in america. In indonesia you can have that for free.
Even in India 😂😂
That’s surprising!
That's how it should be. If those of us with low incomes want to eat healthy,we have to grow and hunt our food.
Government subsidies... like how is a 20oz cola cheaper than the 20oz water...I mean you make cola with water!!!.. !?!?
Your greatest wealth is your health. Nobody’s gonna do it for you, but you.
Somewhere in the Midwest, someone is drinking butter
I think the expensive healthy food they are talking about are the ones that's already cooked. If you cook your own food, it's cheap and healthier.
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Mc Donald's the god in this world now I really hate the people who fat because they are dumb
In the future all the people ganna be fat
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shutup moron!
Its kinda sad that waiters at restaurants now get surprised when I only order water when I go out to eat
lmao I thought it was just me. When I occasionally want some tea instead of water, I get the same reaction when I want it unsweetened.
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I’m stupid thinking that you only order water and nothing else 🤦♂️
@@trevorjamesconsideracion1982 we share the same brain😂
@@user-hg9kv2sg9u U r still better than my neighbor Cuong!
Here's some motivation. U still have some time. U r not 60. My neighbor got fired when he was 50 around christmas 🎄 and his bday! How cursed is that?
Take guts to admit u got issues. All humans do. U r not like my neighbor Cuong. He was arrested 2x for his rage against his supervisors! Then he got fired around christmas 2012! Sought revenge and retribution, lost 2 court cases to his employers, & lost thousands of dollars to attorney fees! The misery doesnt stop here. He doesn't go out unless necessary. No job. No vacations. No eating out. Doesn't celebrate any kind of holiday as he lost interest in anything socially-related.
Almost no social interactions outside his family.
Wife works and cooks for him daily. He has 2 junk cars sitting in his backyard and many other clutters. He also collects cans and bottles to get paid for recycling ♻️.
I mean Cuong is a miserable guy who has no real, honest hope in his life anymore! That's 10 years of misery n denial of his major, mental illness conditions. He likes to put up a tough, fake front in front of others, but his pain and agony overpowers him inside. His false pride 😤 is what leads him to self destruction! What a shame.
People on this site have more courage than 🐔 Cuong! A failure covers n lies about his issues. That's Cuong.
U r definitely a good, useful person in our society!
The real problem is not the food you eat but the quantities if you eat only one piece of chocolate its not a problem but if you eat 3 bars it become a problem.People need to move more and be educated about calories.
American food portions are something else entirely. Not comparable to any other country.
The toys that come with the meal have more nutritional values than the food itself lol
LMAOOOOO
Did you try to eat it?
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"should it be regulated?"
"children should be protected from that"
"protected? Thats are the parents are for"
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Now look at the parents. 💀
Blame us we humans
Thats what
The woman in the orange shirt is the sort of person who should be making policy around nutrition. She has more common sense than all the lobbyists combined.
I commend all who worked on putting this very eye opening and informative video together.
Hi from Russia. I worked for american companies and american guys laughed at out tradition to eat cabbage and other soup. I thought they were right. Now I see who is right
😂😂
If someone laughs at me for eating healthily I'm going to post them a link to this video. Who's laughing now??
Glad I'm from South Africa. Here my family treats fast food more like a luxury, rather than a necessity
Why would you be glad, every South African I've seen or read from who moved away said they're grateful for their lives and safety to be out of South Africa and would never have a family there, despite the friends they loved there
@@north6417 yeah I know, I would move anytime. I'm just talking about the food m8
@@north6417 I disagree . I have lived there before is a good country. stop your ignorant.
Well am south african and eating out is not viewed as luxury however a treat, we believe more in home cooking and our restaurants offer high end quality unlike other western countries I have been in...
You need to live in South Africa to have that outlook? 😂. My family and I eat fast food about once or twice a week in America. Oh, and I don’t have to wrap my fence with barbed wire like the crime capitol of the world.... cough*. Cough*... South Africa... *cough*
I've been the same weight since my teenaged years. I never developed the taste for soda drinks or fast foods. The farm girl in me loves preparing fresh, home-made meals that taste fantastic! My over-weight friends can not seem to stay out of drive-thru fast food outlets......I too love a juicy hamburger and fries....but two or three times a year is enough for me. For the others, it's a major struggle.
Hello Lana
How are you doing today?
I could never eat fast food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Some people are that lazy. Never underestimate the laziness of other people.
I agree with you all the way 👍
Most obesity in the USA is because people have forgotten the victims of nuclear war. Need to apologise and use thoughts to retrieve the nuclear bombs.
The Manhattan Project produced two different types of atomic bombs, code-named Fat Man and Little Boy.
Fast food is much more expensive than whole foods because you end up spending lots of money on doctors and pharmaceuticals.
Cuthbert Jolly
And funerals.
An ex coworker of mines dad was on his like 4th knee surgery because his knees were so badly damaged from how heavy he was. Yet from what I understand he continues to eat the same and so does my ex co worker, and her mom. She can’t even move out from their home Bc she has to help them because they’re so obese. But the ex coworker is also very obese and is well on her way to be like her parents. It’s f’ing sad to watch. Smh.
It is much more expensive even without doctors and everything else. If you buy just fresh potatoes, tomatoes and so on, then it is much cheaper than any salad from mcdonalds.
@Susan Ashuk why is that relevant? Are *you*?? 🙄
@Susan Ashuk dude you gotta fix your attitude...why tf is that important?
Fast food here is so expensive in Vietnam, fresh food is cheaper, I'm just surprised by how expensive the fresh food is in US
Same in Europe
I don't understand why ppl want to save money by eating fast food, but instead they end up spending all their savings on the medical bills, I mean what's the point?! why don't they spend those money to keep themselves healthy in the first place..................
I’m from uk our portions are smaller then America’s & higher price whereas in America it’s cheaper & bigger in size.
@@hcygd5695 because the American school system value teaching Americans math and finance, so they don't know that
@@bolt7047 but i dont think they r good at math or finance tho😓
I grew up a fast food kid because of family circumstances but ever since we started getting better I started to lose the weight from what I had when growing up and I never felt so much greater quitting almost all fast food. And it's not too late either
Just seeing the people munching the burgers at the beginning of the video made my blood glucose spike. Goodness me just look at the size of that sandwich at 2:29. Its almost like a small pizza
If you pay attention to how much you spend on that fast food over a week you could have bought healthy foods for that whole week
Facts...maybe even 2 weeks of healthy food
Agree
yes.
True very.....
if you are on the Keto diet with intermittent fasting you would save so much money on food you could retire early.
I visited America 3 years ago and I was SO shocked how cheap fast food is. I thought I would put on weight. But the 3 weeks I was there I lost weight as I couldn't stomach the food.
same, i just ended up not eating much at all
@benadryl cabbagepatch I get the same response because I don't like fast food garbage...
At least I won't die of a heart attack in my 20's like the fried food addicts. So, call it a weak stomach... but at least I have a stronger heart that all of these people combined. Because I actually value my health. I love my country, but our ancestors didn't binge and eat junk. I'd much rather be like them than the others of my generation who are deluded into believing that obesity isn't a problem at all.
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I remember gaining 4 kg in one month and they never left until this year when I have started to healthy less and more nutritious food
Omg I thought It was only me....
“Should you regulate it? That’s what parents are for.” That was a good one.
One thing you need to know is that in the mid 70’s US companies started adding huge amounts of high fructose corn syrup (sugar) to every single packaged and processed food you can think of.
In our Family,eating fast food is actually Like a reward, like when you graduated, it's your birthday or achieve something. I thought when i was a kid I'm very unlucky but now i realized how fortunate i am to grow up in this mindset. I was raised to love fruits and vegetables so much.
Same. I was always so jealous of all those kids who got to eat fast food all the time!
@@icecream8108 same in my family.... Only in special occasions we eat fast food
Same, i remember going to McDonalds only twice a year when we got our report cards
same here we grew up eating healthy
Same here I was raised in South America , fast food is expensive and it was a treat not food.
90% of my friend who went to US for Uni, came back with around 10~20% weight gain. These tells me sth.
True. I went to uni in the UK and gained nearly 10 kg and got the disease pcos.
@@deltaechoproductions The good ol' "freshman 15"
@@deltaechoproductions Uni. Uni. Uni.
Devin Rumer In the UK we have a college which is not University so we don’t call Uni college
Devin Rumer Yeah that’s true, I was only saying that for someone in the United Kingdom it wouldn’t make sense calling Uni college, because we already have a college but it’s for a different study period entirely (like community college that you can attend at 16) for comparison it would be like calling university high school.
Things NEED to change, at least for the well-being of our children!!
It is an absolute lie that fast food is cheaper than fruits vegetables and proteins at the store
One day i looked in the mirror and said wow. So i DECIDED to do something about it. All it took was 4 months, 4 months and i went from 297 to 217! 80 pounds and i ate EVERYDAY GOOD FOOD. Its 100% doable to lose weight just takes restraint and home cooking.
Good job mate!
Well Done!
Awesome job 🤙 good health to u
Great job, King
Congrats!
Obesity is a medical term, not an insult. 😐
Same with the word "fat". There's nothing wrong with referring to someone as fat, it literally just means having a lot of flesh on the body. It's unhealthy but that's all it means.
Facts
We still use the term ‘fat’, no ambiguity.
@@howardlangton7982 agree
@Арамшөп how its describing a problem someone has
and now , when people start to be aware about fatness,,, there'll be some people calling you fatphobic.
USA's cheese budget should be more than their defence budget!
There's a reason it's called "junk" food. They literally tell you what it is, and yet, people don't listen or don't care.
govt doesnt care, corporations dont care, people can only do so.much
@@jasmines.6325 It's a layered problem for sure. I may have been too harsh in my OP.
Hey its not junk food it's a body positive snack
It's a drug for many people
Honestly, fast/unhealthy or sugary food and drinks are addictive. Sugar by nature has addictive properties and fast food itself is designed to be this way too
100%
I might be in the minority because I don't find sugary drinks addictive. If I had to, I'd be okay with only drinking water for the rest of my life.
@@howardlangton7982 You do but you don't drink enough soda for it be addictive. Sugar triggers dopamine in the brain which is what makes you addicted and unless you don't have dopamine receptors you do get enjoyment from soda it's just that you don't drink enough of it to be addicted like most Americans.
Adiction to sugar is a big problem, it should be taken more serious
Experimentation with rats show sugar is more addictive than cocaine
I used to get defensive when people would say "The fat Americans". Then I travelled all over Europe - and it was indeed eye opening. I was so disappointed when I came back to the U.S. Especially when you watch old B&W movies and see how trim people used to be in the U.S.
Sadly, we've become too much like the people in Wall-E. I hope we can get back to a fitter America someday.
It’s important to know how to eat. Eating “healthy” is not expensive
2010: “For many Americans, economic times have never been harder.”
2022: “Hold My Beer…”
@Kranky. K! lmao.
It's getting worse and worse every year.
Correction…..
Joe Biden: hold my beer 😂
imagine 2032...
@@RMSx3-hx3po 😂😂😂😂
As an Indian living in the US for the last 6 years. Most of the elements in this video is true. I see it everytime I look at the Shopping carts of the locals. The majority purchase frozen ready to eat meals, sugary fruit drinks, pastry, Chips and Beer.
What do the Indians who live in the US eat on a usual basis?
@@rurururu01 If they are families then they eat almost same food as us here in India. Lots of Indians in US on work visas actually try to take spices, rice and dal etc from India along with them to the USA, as some of these items cost 10-20 times more in the US than in India.
@@itsourlife Why do they cost more in India?
@@lindseytchappi1329 I actually said it costs more in the US than in India hence Indians when they go to the US take spices, rice, pulses along with them from India.
@@itsourlife oh sorry I misread your other comment. Oh yeah my family is from Cameroon (in west Africa) and when my dad comes back he brings some ingredients for food since we can't find it here in America or it's more expensive.
'It can't be good for you, but it's sure tasty' pretty sums up peoples love affair with fast food.
I suppose that your palate gets used to certain flavours. For instance, I have a bit of fructose intolerance and for a while I had to cut everything that had sugar in it (is so hard, sugar is almost everywhere). When I was better and could have some sugar once a while, almost everything tasted super sweet.
I'm not found of fast food, I don't find it delicious at all.
It is not cheaper to eat fast food, it is cheaper to eat tastier food. But ground lean turkey, tomatos, beans, that is roughly 3 to 4 dollars, and it makes chili for 3 to 4 people. Green beans, salad, peas, all much cheaper than one combo.