azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

I would like to disagree to PeiPei18's argument as she says that teenage obesity is caused by the the teenage's surrounding. However it doesn't meant that everybody who lives near fast food restaurant is obese. people may live very far from the fast food restaurant but still willing to walk to buy the fast food. While on the other hand, people live near to the fast food restaurant may willing to walk further to the supermarket to buy healthier food.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

I would like to disagree with your point.From my opinion , teenagers are usually self-conscious of their weight. I personally live near fast food restaurants like many. As mentioned that there's 33,000 MacDonald's in the world , it is really convenient and easy to spot an fast food restaurant. However , I will usually purchase fast food from there monthly or even a longer time span. Reason is because that there's more options for teenagers to choose nowadays rather than fast food. Although most teenagers may prefer fast food than healthy food , it does not means that all teenagers do not prefer healthy food. To end with , teenage obesity is not caused by fast food but due to other reasons.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I strongly feel that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity as more and more teenagers are getting indulged in fast food than healthier food like vegetables and so. Further more fast food restaurants are having more and more promotions to promote their products up to a price where it is same as normal hawker food these made teenagers more into fast food and hence causes them to eat more fast food which has more harmful content like fats, leading to obesity. Thus, Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

I would like to disagree to chuanhan27's argument. Fast food may not be the only cause of obesity. The 'American Academy of Child' has shown that the causes of obesity include genetic, biological, behavioral and cultural factors. Obesity occurs when a person eats more calories than the body burns up. If one parent is obese, there is a 50 percent chance that their children will also be obese. However, when both parents are obese, their children have an 80 percent chance of being obese. Although certain medical disorders can cause obesity, less than 1 percent of all obesity is caused by physical problems. Obesity in childhood and adolescence can be related to poor eating habits, for example, snacking mindlessly when watching the television or surfing the internet. By then, the damage to our daily caloric intake is done. Some other causes of teenage obesity may also be overeating, medical illnesses as well as medications. Some medicines include Lithium, Cortisone and many more. Therefore, i believe that fast food is not responsible for teenage obesity.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Although fast food is unhealthy,teenagers are not been forced to put it in their mouth.Responsible mean causing something to happen but fast food did not cause obesity instead it is the teenagers laziness of walking to buy healthier food that cause obesity.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I agree that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity as most youngsters like me nowadays are more and more attracted to fast food. Especially when the fast food restaurants have all these kinds of new creation and deal offers that attracts many teenagers into buying and of course, eating them. Now, I would like to list out the top 10 most popular fast food restaurants in America, they are:1) Macdonald's2) Subway3) Starbucks4) Wendy's5) Burger King6) Taco Bell7) Dunkin' Donuts8) Pizza Hut9) KFC10) Chick-Fil-AAs you can see, Macdonald's is placed first. Even though Subway is second, which is kind of good as Subway is a healthier fast food restaurant, but it still lost to Macdonald's. Most teenagers nowadays like to go to Macdonald's as it is located almost everywhere near them, and the food there taste's great. But what they do not know is that even though the food is great, it is causing them to become obese. School students are most often the victims as many of them like to go out with their classmates and eat at fast food restaurants, which is most commonly Macdonald's. Now, Macdonald's starts to promote their new items by having offers and deals and thus, attracting unknown teenagers. They will start to fall in love with the food and eat it almost everyday. Plus, Macdonald's has alacarte or meal, and teens would most commonly choose meal because it is more worth it. That means that they would be eating more calories and thus, get fat or fatter.Hence, I feel that fast food IS responsible for teenage obesity.Information from: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-most-popular-fast-food-restaurants-in-america.html
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Although more teenagers are attracted to fast food, it is the fast food company's fault that this is happening. It is their job to do so- to make their food flourish. It is just how the advertisers make a living. Hence, it is not the fast food's fault but the teenagers who are unable to resist their desire of such unhealthy foods. If a teenager is responsible and has enough self-discipline, he or she would be able to moderate his or her diet accordingly even though he or she might feel a want to consume these fast foods more often.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I do agree the its has its effect on teenage obesity.Many of the television commercials seen by teenagers are for junk food products. According to research released this week by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, this may be a major reason obesity rates continue to rise among 12-17 year-olds. The studies examined by researchers at the University of Illinois-Chicago and University of Michigan concluded that 26% of TV ads seen by teens were for food products. The vast majority of these products contain high amounts of fat, sugar and sodium.The groups most impacted by junk food ads are low-income and minority teens. With higher percentages of fast food restaurants in urban communities and race specific junk food marketing campaigns, it is obvious why teens in these groups are experiencing skyrocketing obesity rates.To make matters worse, poorer and nonwhite neighborhoods also have fewer fruit and vegetable markets, bakeries, specialty stores, and natural food stores. In the Detroit metropolitan area the poorest African American neighborhoods are an average of 1.1 miles further from the nearest supermarket than are impoverished white neighborhoods, according to a 2005 study by the Institute of Medicine.Teens also have few healthy choices at school. According to the research, many middle schools and high schools offer more unhealthy foods than nutritious foods. Many people believe schools carry a substantial burden of responsibility -- just behind parents and individuals -- when it comes to addressing childhood obesity.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

Over the past thirty years, the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases in the U.S. has risen sharply. Since the early 1970s, the share of children age 6 to 19 classified as overweight has more than tripled, from 5 percent to 17 percent, while the share of adults classified as overweight or obese rose from half to two-thirds of the population. Over this same period, the number of fast food restaurants more than doubled. Exposes such as "Supersize Me" and "Fast Food Nation" as well as reports in the popular press have frequently suggested that fast food is at least partly to blame for the U.S.'s rising obesity rates.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

i would like to rebut Eliz08 statement. she mentioned that calories can become fat if teenagers do not exercise. teenagers have physical education at school as well as CCA to exercise. Also, teenagers would also go exercising with their friends when they are free. With so much exercise, wont it be enough to burn calories from the fast food they eat?
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

That is true that nowadays the problem of children's obesity has become a matter of a great concern in Western society. In fact, the percentage of such children is increasing year by year. The thing is that western food industry as MacDonald or King Burger makes profit from hamburgers, potato cheeps, sweets and cola that can not help seducing children's attention. However, all fast foods and drinks are fool of cholesterol and carbohydrate, affecting metabolism process.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I strongly agree with the debate motion. I feel that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. To start off, I would first like to define the key words in the debate motion. Fast food are food that are prepared in quantity by a standardized method which can be dispensed quickly at inexpensive restaurants, while teenage obesity is the condition of being severely overweight in a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19. Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity because of the high fat and calorie content in the food, which makes it easy for individuals to consume all of the calories they need in an entire in just a single meal. According to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder hamburger without fries or a drink can provide 730 calories, 40 grams of fat and 1,330 milligrams of sodium. When combined with a 590-calorie order of French fries and a 1,330-calorie milk shake. Hence, it is easy to see how even infrequent visits to fast food restaurants can add to the amount of calories and fat a teenager consumes on a regular basis! Since an average teenager eats at least 3 times a day, you can realize that their caloric intake is actually 3 times bigger than their body actually needs! The body does not burn the calories it do not need, as a result, they get stored as fat and therefore teens begin to gain weight at an alarming pace. The Agricultural Research Service also indicates that children and adolescents who consume fast food may gain up to 6 additional pounds per year based on the extra calorie intake caused by fast food. Hence, fast food is responsible for teenage obesity due to the high fat and calorie content in the food that had already been proven by medical researchers around the world.Source:http://www.livestrong.com/article/492758-how-obesity-in-young-teens-is-caused-by-fast-foods/#ixzz20tMJkLmu  http://www.livestrong.com/article/359294-teen-obesity-fast-food/#ixzz20tLAGfhn
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

Yes, i do agree that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. To start off, i would like to define the key words in my debate motion. Fast food are food that are prepared in quantity by a standardised method which can be dispensed quickly at inexpensive restaurants. Example; potato chips, McDonald's, KFC etc. Whereas teenage obesity is the condition of being severely overweight in a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19. I will now move on to my first main point. Fast food is the reason to teenage obesity because the problem with the high fat and calorie content of the food is further compounded by fast food's growing portion sizes and low cost they offer, which encourages people to choose it over healthier food. It is no coincidence that portion sizes have grown in parallel with the average person's body weight from the 1970s till today. Research by the American Journal of Public Health has proven that when given larger portion sizes, the average person will still eat their entire meal regardless of whether or not they feel full. Researchers at the University of Washington also found out that a 2000 calorie diet of junk food costs 10 times lesser than a 2000 healthy diet. The portion sizes served by fast food chains are far larger than the recommended portion size for most foods. Since the food costs are low and there are larger portions, customers would feel that they are getting a bang for the buck. This may lead to eating fast food more often than eating home-cooked meals. As teenagers eat out more and more often at fast food restaurants frequently, they become accustomed to those over sized portion, thinking that such portions are normal. When people eat outside, they consume more total calories per eating occasion than they do at home, and a higher proportion of those calories comes from saturated fats. The high caloric content of these large servings then leads to obesity. Hence, fast food is responsible for teenage obesity due to the growing portion sizes and low costs.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I strongly agree that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Firstly, i would like to define the keywords, '' Fast food" and "Obesity". Fast food refers to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. It also refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form. Whereas, Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health. Nowadays, the fast food companies have came up with lots of fast food advertisements and promotions which captures the attention of many teenagers. Hence, teenagers would choose to consume fast food rather than hawker food as they may come at a similar price. Fast food contains much oil which is harmful to the human body and leads to obesity. Hence, teenagers should cut down on fast food and change their diet into a healthier one. They should also remember to exercise daily.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Cutting down on fast food and changing their diet is an option for teenagers. However, how many of them are willing to do so? As you said, many fast food companies have came up with more advertisements and promotions to attract customers. Most teenagers would feel attracted to them and would visit those fast food joints more often rather than cutting down on them. While you agree that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity, you say that teenagers must exercise daily. Why is that so ?Findings of a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health came as such a surprise because the report, published last week in the journal Obesity Reviews, finds that the amount of physical activity among U.S. teens has not in fact changed significantly over the past two decades, even while that population has gotten heavier. "On the one hand, we have seen the obesity-prevalence increase, but we don't see a decrease in physical activity," says Dr. Youfa Wang, an associate professor at the Center for Human Nutrition at Hopkins and lead author of the study. "This suggests that physical activity is not a good explanation for the increase in prevalence of obesity."Therefore, your last statement might not be fully true that they need to exercise regularly. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/ 0,8599,1936777,00.html#ixzz21MNEdDUZ
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I agree that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity as the paucity of nutrients paired with the high sugar, sodium and fat content of fast food make it a growi.g concern for the prevention of obesity in teenagers.These additional calories are often lacking nutritional value, leading to a vicious cycle of poor food choices.Teenagers who consume fast food may gain up to 6 additional pounds per year based on the extra calorie intake caused by fast food.Source: http://www.livestrong.com/article/492758-how-obesity-in-young-teens-is-caused-by-fast-foods/
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I agree with this statement that fast food IS responsible for teenage obesity. Fast foods are very fatty as they contains alot of calories which will then store in your body as fats when they are not used or burnt due to teenagers being lazy nowadays to take the initiative to exercise on their own. A meal of fast food can contain up to 1200 calories, and imagine how much fats that it would become it they are not used.All this calories we consume can become fats when teenagers do not exercise. Slowly, the problems of obesity will arise. Therefore, fast food is reponsible for teenage obesity.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

You said the teenagers are very lazy to buy proper food. So blame laziness not fast food! So what if they are fatty and contains lots of it-is-bad-for-you ingredients? No one force the teenagers to put fast food in their mouth.It is their choice not fast food!
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Firstly, defining the key words fast food is prepared in quantity by a standardized method and can be dispensed quickly at inexpensive restaurants for eating there or elsewhere. Responsible is answerable or accountable to something. Obesity is the condition of being very fat or overweight. Now coming to my main point, one of the biggest factor contributing to teenage obesity is the caloric content in fast food. One combo meal containing a sandwich fries and soda, can provide a day's worth of calories and days' worth of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol and sugar(source from: White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity). If that one combo meal can provide a day’s worth of calories then the meals we eat for lunch and dinner are actually to be considered as excess calories which contribute to obesity. Thus, teenagers whom love fast food these days are mainly affected. Thus fast food is the main cause of teenage obesity.Furthermore, I would like to rebut against jianwei31’s point. He said that there are other causes for teenage obesity such as sedentary lifestyle, genetics, environment factors, development issues, medical conditions, and psychological factors and not necessary fast food is the only cause. Yes there are other causes but fast food is the main cause of teenage obesity. In the decades 1966 to 2005, overweight teens have consumed an average excess of 700 to 1,000 more calories, resulting in an average weight gain of 58 extra pounds. (source from WHTFCO).This shows that fast food is the main cause of teenage obesity. Adding on, he said that inactivity is the cause of teenage obesity. In the first place why do we have to be active? It is so as to stop or prevent from being obese. This shows that inactivity can only be the cause for not preventing obesity, and not for being obese. Thus fast food is the cause of teenage obesity.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Fast food do give lots of calories but the people could choose not to eat them. No one is forcing them.It their decision not fast food. So why blame fast food?
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity.Fast food is food prepared in a quantity by a standardized method, and sold at inexpensive restaurants. It can also be food that you buy from convenience stores, it can also be categorized as fast food. While teenage obesity is the condition of being severely overweight in a person's life between the ages of 13 to 19.I feel that fast food is responsible. This is because there are many fast food restaurants/convenient stores. Fast foods chains usually provide delivery services too.Research shows that residents in large cities who live farther from grocery stores than fast-food restaurants are more likely to die prematurely of diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Student enjoy going to fast food chains as they are cheap and fast, whats more, they can stay home and just call for delivery. Thus I strongly agree fast food is responsible for teenage obesity!
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

Even if it is not the very sole reason for obesity, I would argue that it is a very large part of teenage obesity. Teenagers that are obese are more likely than not to consume fast food on a regular basis. Sort of like technology, it's a quick fix, in comparison to something like cooking your own food and it tends to be cheap. Especially in a recession, when families have less money, they are more willing to forego quality for a cheap meal and in a society where healthy foods are more costly than unhealthy, it is causing a generation of teenagers that are growing more obese than we have ever known.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

they put tasty commericails on tv to lure the teen in also kids are to lazzy to make a sandwhich so they just go to mcdonals or somwhere and eat a big calorie dessert or sumthing. Half of the food has over 1000 calories in them. Sorry for the spelling.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

YES teenage obesity is due to eating fast foodThe authors have several strategies to overcome the concern that children whose school is close to a fast food restaurant may be more prone to obesity for other reasons. First, the authors compute whether the fast food restaurant is within 0.10, 0.25, or 0.50 miles of the school and test whether there is a differential effect by distance. Given that there is a fast food restaurant in the general area, whether the restaurant happens to be very close to the school is arguably random and thus a good way to identify the effect of fast food access on obesity. Second, the authors control for a rich set of school and neighborhood characteristics in their analysis and allow these to vary over time. Finally, the authors estimate models relating changes in obesity to changes in access to fast food restaurants, relying on schools that gain or lose a nearby fast food restaurant during the sample period to identify the effect of fast food access on obesity. The authors estimate their models using data on all California 9th graders for the years 1999 and 2001-2007