La globalización de la obesidad

The globalization of obesity

•  Why do we eat what we eat?

This question has got a lot of answers. First, we eat what we need, because eating is something essential for surviving. But, we could eat only fruit and vegetables, but they haven´t got all of what we need to survive. So, we eat fish, meat, and other stuff. But all of this things have got a price, and sometimes is cheaper to eat a hamburger in McDonalds that buying meat and cooked it. That´s why McDonalds and other fast food companies have been developed all over the world. 

• Why do we like what we like?

That´s a question that a scientific could answer, but in my opinion we like what we like because we associate it with something that is good. For example, when you eat chocolate, you feel comfortable in that moment, so that if you eat chocolate another day you would feel comfortable again, so it´s like an addiction, and returning to the main topic, McDonalds, Burguer King and that stuff is like an addiction. I explain: you go to a McDonalds restaurant and you buy a hamburger that only costs you 1€. You sit in a place and you eat your hamburger relaxed. Also, children would LOVE McDonalds, because of the toys that they give to you, and because of the playgrounds that are in the restaurant. And that´s why the average weight of children of the world is rising up dangerously. And we have to do something to stop this, or our children will be fat and they will develop diabetes and other diseases.