There are one hundred and sixty thousand fast food restaurants in the United States of America. Everyone should think twice before deciding to eat fast food. Fast food restaurants need to sell healthier foods and tell people what's actually in their food. Fast food restaurants should be banned in the United States. Fast food restaurants should be taxed more. People's health is one of the most important aspects that concern them. People want to be slim and have a perfect body, people can't always eat fast food and maintain a healthy body. The average calorie intake for a fast food meal is one thousand. The average intake of calories in a day is around two thousand. This means that if a person eats a fast food meal once a day, they have already eaten half of their entire day's calories. This is why half of the people in the United States are obese. This is also why not everyone in the world is as healthy as possible. The United States is one of the unhealthiest countries in the world. The United States is the unhealthiest country because we have fast food restaurants everywhere people look, on every street corner or every block. This is why fast food restaurants should be banned in the United States. Fast food is made up of products that are not good to eat. Fast food has low nutritional content. Fast food is high in trans fat, saturated fat, sodium and very high in calories. Fast food increases the risk of obesity, poor nutrition, heart disease and diabetes. Young adults who consumed fast food more than twice a week gained ten more pounds than those who consumed fast food less than once a week (Sheehan). Eating fast food more than twice a week doubles the risk of diabetes (Sheehan). Young adults eating fast food up to...... middle of paper ......ttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db114.htm>.Gallam, Claire. She knows it. June 1, 2012. Website. February 17, 2014. Harris JL, Schwartz MB, Brownell KD. RWJF. November 10, 2010. Website. February 17, 2014. .Kalaidis, Jen. The week. February 25, 2013. website. March 30, 2014. .Orciari, Megan. Yale news. November 4, 2013. Website. February 17, 2014. .Sheehan, January SFGate. April 10, 2012. Website. February 17 2014. .