What makes America's obesity rate so much higher than the rest of the world's? Maybe it is because we are lazy. Or maybe it's because people do not eat the right things on a regular basis. Whatever the answer maybe “The United States” has a 30% higher obesity rate than the rest of the country. The Obesity rate is this much higher because of cheap unhealthy foods and fast food chains and propaganda they use in multiple places in our everyday lives.

There is an extensive amount of fast food ads being shown daily on national television. So with so much exposure to these ads, speaking specifically ones directed towards young children, it's only obvious that there would be a high child obesity rate in the U.S.  On average preschoolers and young children saw approximately 2.8 fast food ads a day. Also 75% of the average ads shown are on kids websites such as: Nick, Roblox, and Cartoon Network, according to fastfoodmarketing.org.. This data shows how day after day, very young children ages 4-11, are being pumped with ads from fast food companies. These fast food companies spend 4.6 billion dollars a year on advertising for their food. This is important because without advertisements people may not be thinking about fast food as often so they need to keep our brains thinking about it constantly.

Eating healthier foods over the unhealthier fast foods will cost more over time. This obviously makes the choice for unhealthier foods more tempting and reasonable, especially because some people like the taste of fast food better. Also, people that are struggling to get by and need the cheapest food they can get to save money. Carey Polis, a writer for the Huffington Post wrote about how much an average American would be spending on healthier foods in comparison to eating fast and unhealthy foods daily. “The most comprehensive study of its kind indicates that yes, unhealthy food is about $1.50 cheaper per day, or about $550 per year, than healthy food.” This quote helps to show how much more people, on average, would be spending to eat  healthier and that is just a conservative number. There are so many people out in the U.S eating instant ramen everyday and they are sold at a dollar per pack at the most.

Fast food is an extremely unhealthy food choice, and can lead to many health problems to those who consume it regularly. Which sadly is the way it is for many Americans in the United States.  “-young adults who consumed fast food more than twice a week gained 10 more pounds than those who had fast food less than once a week.” -Ivy Morris a writer for SF gate. This quote shows how much of a big difference it makes when you eat fast food one time less per week. So imagine if the only way citizens in The United States could afford food all week long was to eat these unhealthy foods, and what this would be doing to the health conditions of everyone in the long run. This can also lead to later health problems down the road that can greatly decrease one's life span or how well it goes with minimal issues surrounding health.

Everyday people in “The United States” are being pumped with ads fast food restaurants trying hard to keep all of the countries minds occupied with the thought of eating bad foods. While spending billions of dollars a year to continuously keep the ads rolling in every part of media. People taking the cheaper route food in order to save as much money as possible in order to stay on budget due to low income. Also, people paying the consequences of eating unhealthy foods weekly with serious health problems looming down the road of weight gain and lack of proper nutrients. All of these things pile on together to make “The United States” such an obese country.

Works Cited:

-"Just Give Me the FACTS!" Fast Food FACTS — Home. Fast Food F.a.c.t.s, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2015. <http://fastfoodmarketing.org/>.

-Polis, Carey. "Eating Healthy vs. Unhealthy Will Cost You $550 More Per Year, Study Reveals." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2015. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/eating-healthy-vs-unhealthy_n_4383633.html>.

-Morris, Ivy. "How Fast Food Affects You Negatively." Healthy Eating. SF Gate, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2015. <http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/fast-food-affects-negatively-1728.html>.

I constantly code switched all the time without even realising. I remember when I was younger having to move all around the country and even outside of it. I also remember throughout all of this my voice changing. It would change from being a VERY strong southern accent to a very moletone casual accent. The part that was exceedingly bad about it was the amount of judgment I received in the process. Everywhere I went they said I had an accent because by the time I truly got used to a certain voice I had to move. It’s amazing how much people’s opinions change of you solely because of the way your voice sounds. Your voice is a tricky thing and can make or break your relationships if the other person isn't very fond of it.

    I remember from the very early stages of my life having a very southern accent. I never truly noticed my voice changing until I moved so while I was in South Carolina (my birthplace) I never noticed anything wrong or different with my voice. Since it was normal for everyone else it became normal for me. Along with the voices I heard there, the culture was very different as well. People down south generally group themselves around their families and the families down south are HUGE. Everyone just seems a lot more connected. Also people down south seem to keep themselves busy a lot more often, they never seem to have nothing to do. They also eat a lot more seafood such as: Crabs, shrimp, and clams. Another thing I found that they cared about more was going outside. They always made sure you had enough time outside each day and made sure you didn't come in.

  The next place I remember moving to was Barbados in the Caribbean. They also like A LOT of seafood, I actually kinda believe they like it more. They also like to have a lot of outside time. They are even very connected with one another however not as strongly as they are in the south. However everything is way more fast paced including the speech. The speech there is very hard to comprehend if you have recently come from the U.S. The language there is very slanged and doesn't even seem like English half the time due to it’s very strong accent although I don’t particularly think the people who live and have grown up there believe so. Plus everything comes out with such speed and aggression that sometimes it can be intimidating. I always thought to myself if there is any accent I would least like to be yelled at it is definitely without a doubt a Barbadian one. It just sounds so fierce and aggressive when they are just trying to be gentle. Then when the first time I got yelled at came I didn't know what do because not only was it scary I couldn't even understand. Barbadian voices completely change whenever they have any kind of strong emotion. You can always tell how one another feels just by the way you sound.

 The next place I remember vividly was when I moved to Washington (State). Washington was a very slow paced take it easy laid back sort of State with a voice to match along with it. Everyone there talked so sslllooowww and melancholy I began losing my mind it felt like. I believe that this was one of the hardest transitions for me primarily due to the fact that no one understood me. To them it was like I was speaking Latin, if you asked them what language I was speaking they probably wouldn't be able to tell you. It was so fast and aggressive to them with a few words only used in Barbados. For a few months I was unable to communicate with most people I encountered wilts I was there. When my voice changed I hadn't even realized it I guess it was just a psychological thing because whenever I ask my Mom about it, it was kinda what I expected to happen. My voice slowed down to be on par with everyone else's however I still said a lot of Bajan words. I also still had the accent but, it was like the perfect mixture of the two.

   A couple months after my brother was born there my family moved to Virginia. Nothing really happened here however their speech was a bit quicker and they said my voice sounded funny. However the real memories were from when I moved to New york. It only took a couple of weeks for my voice to adjust back to being faced paced and I immediately gained friends. It was as if my voice made people dislike me prior to it changing. Although I had gotten used to the speech in New York I remember then having to move to Philadelphia. Philadelphia wasn't too much of a change because speech here hardly differed from New York so it was extremely easy for me to adapt to my new environment and make many friends rapidly. So after thinking back to all of this now as a teen and realising how much peoples views/opinions on me changed along with my voice. My voice now changes extremely fast according to whoever I’m speaking with. Code-switching happens all the time sometimes without us ever even noticing but, it can change your whole relationship with somebody from the very first word you speak out of your mouth.

Esta mi pequeno familia y mi amigos. Mi mama le gusta cocina y ella muy trabaja dificil. Mi mama tambien encanta lee. Un favorito arthur de mi mamá es Steven King. Ella lee diario. Ella tambien dormia… mucho. Mi hermano muy habla mucho y el es muy bobo y extraño. El encanta ir a la parque . El favorito tiempo que hacer es pasa un rato con su amigos Justin y Amir. El también jugar video juegos mucho. Mi papa (mas alto) es muy grande y yo encanta el muy mucho. El favorito tiempo hacer es jugar baloncesto. También nosotros jugar call of duty y ir al cine. Nosotros todos encanta el uno al otro.  Mi familia es bobo, divertido, extraño, y amable!!!

¡Hola! Mi llamo Joaquin o mi apodo es Waka y soy es tengo catorce años. Soy estudiante de Science Leadership Academy. Esta en centro ciudad. Esta cerea de Arch Gourmet. Es adjetivos de SLA es pequeño, inteligente, inteligente, y bueno. Tenemos deportes baloncesto, béisbol, pista, y estudiante correr. Tenemos clubs de SLA es poesía, ajedrez, y robótica. Participa en baloncesto y en el futar estudiante correr. Yo participa en baloncesto porque me gusta baloncesto y yo pensar es que se divertido. Yo tambien en estudiante correr porque me encanta correr que se mi favorita actividad que hacer.

Yo tengo clases de bioquimica, español, matemático, inglés, africano americano historia, drama y tecnológica. Mi favorito clase es drama porque de por activo lo es. Nosotros el lapices, la hojas de papels, y la computadora. No me gusta historia porque lo es siembro aburrido y largo.

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¡Hola! Mi llamo Joaquin o mi apodo es Waka y soy es tengo catorce años. Soy estudiante de Science Leadership Academy. Esta en centro ciudad. Esta cerea de Arch Gourmet. Es adjetivos de SLA es pequeño, inteligente, inteligente, y bueno. Tenemos deportes baloncesto, béisbol, pista, y estudiante correr. Tenemos clubs de SLA es poesía, ajedrez, y robótica. Participa en baloncesto y en el futar estudiante correr. Yo participa en baloncesto porque me gusta baloncesto y yo pensar es que se divertido. Yo tambien en estudiante correr porque me encanta correr que se mi favorita actividad que hacer.

Yo tengo clases de bioquimica, español, matemático, inglés, africano americano historia, drama y tecnológica. Mi favorito clase es drama porque de por activo lo es. Nosotros el lapices, la hojas de papels, y la computadora. No me gusta historia porque lo es siembro aburrido y largo.

La Señorita Dunda enseña bioquímica. Ella es inteligente, atlético, más o menos alto y boba. Ella gusta correr. Señorita Dunda’s clases es muy interesante. Ella es super cuidado siempre en laboratoria. El Señor Kay enseña inglés y drama. El es super interesante, atlético, y bajo. El gusta baloncesto y fútbol. El clases son siembro divertido, interesante, y educacional.

En mi opinión SLA es un fantástico escuela. Yo creer et es el superior escuela en philadelphia. Me encanta SLA! Yo me gusta el professores porque de que simpatico ellos son. Ellos son nunca antipatico. Yo tambien gusta que trabajadora y inteligente el estudiantes son. Que yo gusta el mas es que ellos tienen lo comer. . Yo no me gusta el puntos de referencia porque ellos necesitamos mucho trabajar. SLA es muy pequeño, mas o menos atletico, y super inteligente.