i hate writing essays!! can someone help me write one on fast food? cause/effect?

Question

"For here or to go?" Some people living in our world may hear that everyday. In our society, we depend too much on fast food and it's outcome might not be too good.

thats all i have. it sounds so gay i friggen hate essays plz help me

Answer 1

Hi Catherine. This is an excellent opening paragraph! (Note: use 'very good', rather than 'too good'.)

Now you need to get some FACTS to support your argument that fast food leads to poor health outcomes. Search the web for 'fast food health effects', and similar terms. I am sure you will find plenty of information on how fast food contributes to heart disease (the number one cause of death), cancer (the number two cause of death), obesity, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, etc.

Use the facts/data you find to 'tell a story' about all the physical suffering and financial costs associated with poor dietary choices (because of the poor health outcomes caused by fast foods).

Then briefly discuss alternatives to fast foods (fruits and vegetables, soups and salads, home-made sandwiches, etc.).

Then close your essay with a summary of the basic issue, including the three most important points you made (e.g. fast foods cause disease; fast foods shorten life-span; and fast foods impair quality of life via higher medical costs, more pain and suffering, and a generally poorer quality of life.

Best wishes and good luck.

Answer 2

Your opening isn't that bad, really. It catches the reader's attention, which is what it's supposed to do.

You could also say: Fast food is America's dirty little secret. Well, perhaps it isn't much of a secret seeing that one out of every three Americans is over weight. Even young children know who Ronald McDonald is, the same can be said for the Burger King. What they don't know is that this fast food will possibly make the visits to the doctor more frequent.

I don't know, that's what I could come up with in the spur of the moment.
Then you could go into the cause and effect formula and say what makes these children (and adults) addicted to fast food and what the harsh effects are.

Eh, I'm not the best writer....

Answer 3

Hi there, I actually wrote a paper on the fast food tax last week for a class. The topic is a bit different than yours but I recommend using something like this as an outline.

I. Introduction
II.What exactly is fast food and what is considered the market for fast food? Ex. Maybe McDonald's vs. Olive Garden, what makes fast food fast food?
III.How was life before fast food?
IV.Why has the fast food trend been rising?
V. What are the benefits and consequences of fast food?
VI. What does the future hold for fast food restaurants?
VII.Conclusion

Hmmm, something like that.. or at least that's how I'd write it..
Hope it helps, good luck..

Answer 4

Just points to touch on:
What is the bad outcome? Are you taking in the fact that just because everyone says that exersize is needed every day, not everyone does?
Counter-arguments to your point: Wendy's has a new fry oil that's healthier. They're also making healthier sides to choose from. McDonald's also has salads too.

Seriously, I don't blame fast food; I blame the people because the world is getting lazier.

Answer 5

Use 5 paragraph format:

1 - Intro (Make the reader aware of the topic)

2 - First cause/effect (Be sure to use a fact and support with details or statistics)

3 - Second cause/effect (Facts and support with details or statistics)


4 - Third cause/effect (Facts and support with details or statistics)


5 - Conclusion (In a simple fashion, restate the topic and the three effects of choosing fast food)

I have my kids write the three cause/effect paragraphs first then use that info to create and intro and conclusion.

Go to this website for some cause and effect ideas:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8742088

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

we live in a McFast world...people have gotten into such a hurry...we have developed a microwave imagination and when things take too long, we lack interest or we aren't prepared to bother...we are living in the days of the faster i go the behinder i get....

Answer 7

My students researched this topic and found amazing articles online. Search fast food + effects. You will find statistics about filth, rats, dirty grease, etc.--in addition to fat, etc.

Answer 8

ya u can write i.obesity is due to fast food items and then mm....... ii.we don't know how they are preparing the food due to anything may happen food poison, indigestion, don't prefer fastfood until or unless it cannot be avoided

Answer 9

before you write another line...go get the movie "supersize me" its about the effects of fast food on this guys body...good luck