College Diets: Fast, Cheap, and Easy

Let's face it if you're in college you are broke, busy, and never in the mood to get up and cook. What does that mean for most college students? Fast food. Fast food is very convient for us college students for many reasons. First off most of us only have enough money for the dollar menu. Have you ever noticed how you can get a double cheese burger for less than a bottle of water? This doesn't make much sense to me. The culture of food makes healthy foods cost more and the food thats terrible for you cost less. If you see a gallon of milk for 3 dollars and a 2-liter of soda for 99 cents you are more likely to just get a soda. This alone is leading to the United States having a higher obesity rate than any other country in the world. People want stuff that is fast and cheap and thats why fast food is so popular. I don't think people understand exactly how bad fast food is for you though . You would think that a chicken sandwich would have protein and be good for you but at fast food places that's not really what you are getting.  You are getting chicken that is  genetically modified and processed in order for it to be cheap and sold in great amounts. After watching the video in class of how the chickens could barely walk it really put it in reality that what we were eating off the dollar menu is absolute trash. The culture of food in our society is leading to very unhealthy and obese people. If only everyone was able to watch the video we watched in class!