Fast food vs home-cooked meals Today most of us eat out in fast food restaurants than we do at home, this could cause a variety of health issues, like high blood pressure and obesity. Fast food contains a poor nutritional value and is contributing toward growing obesity among population in America. Although fast food is convenient, inexpensive, and is basically a cultural phenomenon, we as a society need to stop eating fast food because it has increased health problems and has taken away from family values, destroys the environment, and has created a food economy dominated by giant corporations. In the United States today, obesity has become an enormous problem. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 34% of adults in America are obese, while the number of obese children in America is at 17%. Undoubtedly, America has become an unhealthy nation, too busy with video games and cell phones to be concerned with nutrition and health. Obesity in America is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. An estimated of 400,000 Americans deaths per year may be attributable to poor diet and lack of physical activity. The problem begins with our children they are easily influenced and raised by their families who serve as their role models. Fast food and advertising targeted at children successfully contributes to the obesity. Obesity can begin at a very young age. America is now filled with overweight children and medically obese. Nine million American children over the age of six are overweight or obese. Overweight children are setting themselves up for serious health problems later in life. Type 2 diabetes, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and heart problems are just some of the risks. Children, overweight also tend to feel less secure, less happy,