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Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

I disagree that fast food is responsible to teenage obesity as the causes of teen obesity can be divided into several categories: sedentary lifestyle, genetics, environment factors, development issues, medical conditions, and psychological factors and not necessary fast food is the only cause.The main reasons for teenage obesity are – overeating, less activity or inactivity and excess TV viewing. Many studies have shown that teens, who have a television in their bedrooms, have the tendency to watch it more. This leads to inactivity, the main culprit of teenage obesity.Source: http://www.teenobesity.net/teen-obesity-causes-â€“-an-overview.html Source: http://obesity.ygoy.com/obesity-teens/
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

In my opinion, fast food is not responsible for teenage obesity.I shall now define the key terms. Fast food is food that can be prepared quickly and easily and is sold in restaurants and snack bars as a quick meal or to be taken out. Responsible is being the primary cause of something and so able to be blamed or credited for it. Teenage obesity is a label for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a given height.Teenage obesity is a serious case that is increasing around the world. This is happening because there is more than one cause which results in teenage obesity. One of them is stress. Teen obesity has mainly to do with poor dietary habits and the lack of physical activity, but it can also be caused by numerous emotional and lifestyle factors. Recent studies have shown that stress is a possible cause for teen obesity. According to a study done by Cornell University, it can. This is because ongoing stress makes it harder for children and teenagers to control their behavior and emotions which leads to affecting their ability to self-regulate. This can lead to obesity when they reach teenage years. Moreover, children who were exposed to stress factors such as poverty and family turmoil on a frequent basis are more likely to develop teen obesity. They tend to gain more weight, so they are significantly heavier by the time they reach adolescence than those who are not exposed to such stress factors. Teen obesity is obviously related to emotions, and stress can be a worrying risk factor.These ideas are not hypothetical because another study conducted by Penn State University concluded that depression, stress and teenage obesity are closely related. Depressed teenagers showed increased cortisol levels in the blood. Cortisol level in the blood increases significantly when an individual is experiencing ongoing stress. When the cortisol level in the blood is too high for a long period of time, it can lead to stored belly fat. Stress can increase the risk of depression and vice versa. No matter how you take it, the cortisol level is still high and automatically leads to gained body weight which eventually leads to teen obesity. Even adults have a difficult time dealing with stress and stressful situations. For teenagers, dealing with stress, anxiety and depression is even harder, given the fact that they do not have a coping mechanism that can help them overcome these emotional problems.Sources : http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html http://www.teenobesity.net/stress-â€“-a-teen-obesity-risk-factor.html
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

In my opinion, fast food is not responsible for teenage obesity.I shall now define the key terms. Fast food is food that can be prepared quickly and easily and is sold in restaurants and snack bars as a quick meal or to be taken out. Responsible is being the primary cause of something and so able to be blamed or credited for it. Teenage obesity is a label for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a given height.Teenage obesity is a serious case that is increasing around the world. This is happening because there is more than one cause which results in teenage obesity.One of them is stress. Teen obesity has mainly to do with poor dietary habits and the lack of physical activity, but it can also be caused by numerous emotional and lifestyle factors. Recent studies have shown that stress is a possible cause for teen obesity. According to a study done by Cornell University, it can. This is because ongoing stress makes it harder for children and teenagers to control their behavior and emotions which leads to affecting their ability to self-regulate. This can lead to obesity when they reach teenage years. Moreover, children who were exposed to stress factors such as poverty and family turmoil on a frequent basis are more likely to develop teen obesity. They tend to gain more weight, so they are significantly heavier by the time they reach adolescence than those who are not exposed to such stress factors. Teen obesity is obviously related to emotions, and stress can be a worrying risk factor.These ideas are not hypothetical because another study conducted by Penn State University concluded that depression, stress and teenage obesity are closely related. Depressed teenagers showed increased cortisol levels in the blood. Cortisol level in the blood increases significantly when an individual is experiencing ongoing stress. When the cortisol level in the blood is too high for a long period of time, it can lead to stored belly fat. Stress can increase the risk of depression and vice versa. No matter how you take it, the cortisol level is still high and automatically leads to gained body weight which eventually leads to teen obesity. Even adults have a difficult time dealing with stress and stressful situations. For teenagers, dealing with stress, anxiety and depression is even harder, given the fact that they do not have a coping mechanism that can help them overcome these emotional problems.Sources : http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html http://www.teenobesity.net/stress-â€“-a-teen-obesity-risk-factor.html
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

I strongly oppose that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity.I would like to start by defining the key words in this argument. Fast food is food that can be prepared quickly and easily and is sold in restaurants and snack bars as a quick meal or to be taken out. Also , fast food can also be potato chips , candies on supermarkets' shelves , which can be served quickly too. Obesity means overweight.My main point is , teenage obesity is not caused by fast food , but it is caused by the lack of exercise in teenagers.Firstly , a teenager may stay close to a fast food restaurant and may often visit the restaurant for fast food. But it does not means that every teenager staying near the fast food restaurant is obese. This is because not every teenager staying near the area will consume excessive fast food and lack exercising.To prove my point , recent findings by University of California San Diego School of Medicine and San Diego State University researchers stating that the lack of physical activity was the most significant obesity risk factor contributing to obesity in 11- to 15-year-olds.Many have think that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity , but think again. Even if teenagers are eating healthy food , however lack exercising , they will still be overweight.Also , moderation in food is also important. Teenagers themselves should be more conscious of what food they're actually consuming and how it affects their health. This is their responsibility as they actually know that fast food contains alot of fats , calories , sodium.Therefore , I strongly DISAGREE that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity.Reference: http://www.news-medical.net/news/2004/04/12/412.aspx Google: Definition of Fast food.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

I believe that fast food is NOT responsible for teenage obesity. Fast food are in many different varieties. Like potato chips, subway, instant noodles etc. Fast food can be in any form. It just means that the food will be readily available easily. Fast food doesn't mean unhealthy food. Fast food can be healthy too, like sandwiches in a package? Sandwiches are healthy food aren't they. Subway too are healthy fast food. It has the healthier choice symbol & it can be bought easily too.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Ok, first I would like to make this statement clear: Inanimate things cannot be responsible for anything. Fast food is not to blame for teenage obesity. It is the teenagers and parents that are to blame. They are the ones making the choices that affect their health/weight.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

If you really think about it it is a persons option whether to purchase fast food or not. Many fast food joints are now having to supply healthy options. Plus it is not just due to fast food. If you look at modern culture it is focused about being behind a screen, not exercising. A unhealthy diet plus lack of exercise is causing obesity. Its not the fast food its the decisions made by the individual.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

I do not agree that fast food should be responsible for teenage obesity. Firstly i would like to define the meaning of these words, fast food and obesity. Fast food are food that can be prepared and served within a short period of time and can be prepared with minimal effort. Also, getting fast food as a meal is usually a common solution for people who want to fill up their stomachs quickly and conveniently. While obesity is a health condition whereby you have too much excess body fats.Firstly, usually, most people think that all fast food are unhealthy because they think that they are high in fats,sugar and salt which lead to teenage obesity. But i think that not all fast food are unhealthy. For instance, Subway restaurant was awarded the healthier choice sign. Although, the restaurant provide some ingredients like cheese and sauce which are high in fats,sugar and salt for the customers to choose from, they have the right not to choose those ingredients and they can reject them. In addition, they also provide healthy choices of fast food like salad and wholewheat bread that are higher in nutrients. Hence, is not fast food that should be responsible for teenage obesity, is the choices that the teenagers made that should be responsible as not all fast food are unhealthy.Secondly, even though the fast food that the teenagers are consuming are unhealthy, as long as the teenagers consume the right portions and consume them in moderation, they would not be obese. If they consume fast food and become obese, most of the tines is because they have a lack of exercise or consume too much of it. Hence fast food should not be held responsible for teenage obesity but is the self-control that they practice and the self-discipline that they instill in themselves that should be responsible.Lastly, as most teenagers nowadays are very stress out because of the work load and social changes, they are starting to pressurize themselves and receiving fewer sleeping hours. In this case, they would start to turn to fast food that can be gotten more quickly and conveniently so that they could complete their work that need to be done faster and to relieve their stress thus causing teenage obesity. Hence, fast food should not be held responsible for teenage obesity but the stress pressurize on the teenagers and the choices that they make that should be responsible.Source of reference: http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/nutrition/fastfood.html
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

I would like to rebut wenxuan09's statement. Although Subway is rewarded the healthier choice sign, this does not mean that all teenagers will choose to eat Subway everytime. It will be boring to eat the same few stuff again and again. Normally teenagers will still choose to eat MacDonalds, KFC or Burger King, and these foods are still high in calories. It is also due to stress from studies and work, people will choose to consume these foods to occupy themselves and think that by doing this can relieve stress. It is also due to too much time spent on their work or studies, people have no time to exercise to burn off the calories consumed, hence as time pass, these calories will be stored into the human body as fats. Therefore, fast food is responsible for teenage obesity.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Eliz08 you are very contridicting. You stated in your post that its is because of stress and no exercise that cause teenagers to buy fast food. So why blame fast food?We should be blaming stress and lack of exercise,right?
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

It does contribute to it, but also you have to keep in mind that us as the consumers have a choice in whether or not we want to consume that much of the fast food. Yes Fast food companies are a large factor of obesity but we have free will making us have a choice in what we do, eat, or say.So it is our decision that made us become obese, not fast food. No one is forced to over eat or eat unhealthy. And no one is forced to buy at McDonald's everyday. Its your choice, and you'll have to live with the consequences.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_fast_food_responsible_for_obesity#ixzz21JecJUwT
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

A recurring lack or shortage of a full night’s sleep has been shown to be associated with overweight and obesity for various reasons. For one thing, sleep deprivation boosts the body’s production of a hungry-making hormone and lowers that of a full-feeling hormone. For another, it’s a lot easier to go ransack the fridge or snack supply if you’re already up and awake anyway. All in all, it is probably no coincidence that the American public in general has been getting less sleep and putting on more weight in recent decades.Now comes a report from the National Sleep Foundation that links a lack of sleep with late-night computer use. Specifically, at the same time that two-thirds of Americans currently report that they’re not getting enough sleep at night, almost three-thirds, meaning just about everyone, admit to being “very active” on some electronic device within an hour of bedtime at least several nights a week. The most sleep-deprived group, not surprisingly, is kids ages 13 to 18, who average nearly two hours less sleep a night than the recommended 9 hours, 15 minutes, and more than half of whom spend an hour before bedtime texting on most night
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

i strongly think that fast food is not responsible for teenage obesity. the definition for fast food is food that is prepared in quantity by a standardized method and can be dispensed quickly at inexpensive restaurants. and teenage obesity means that people of age 13-19 being overweight.one of the main reason of teenagers being obese these days is because of junk food. When teenagers reach home, they will often sit in front of the computer or watch television but when they are hungry, most of the time, they will not cook healthy and nutritious food to eat. Hence, they will choose junk food to eat instead. As the fat, calories, salt content in the food is high, teenagers will be likely to get obese as they eat them frequently. Also, snacks and junk food are very convenient. They are lots of vending machines and shops in the neighbourhood. Junk food is also very cheap. research has shown that 40% of an average teenagers daily calories come from junk food.therefore i believe that fast food is not responsible for teenage obesity but JUNK FOOD. thank you.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

It has nothing to do with the Fast Food, if you do blame them it is just like blaming parents for their children's mistakes once they have left their care. Just because the companies make something unhealthy it doesn't mean that you should eat it enough to get obese.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

According to the Health Promotion Board, fast food is high in energy and contains high amounts of fat and salt, while being low in vitamins, minerals and fibre. Thus, it is likely that fast food consumption can contribute to obesity and other health conditions, unless it is consumed only occasionally and in moderation. In the article ‘Just a little fast food poses a big risk to health’ (Today, 3 January 2005, p. 10), a study conducted in the United States concluded that participants who ate fast food twice a week or more gained an average of 4.5 kg more than those who ate fast food once a week or less. They were also at increased risk of diabetes and other health conditions.However, while teenagers do seem to enjoy eating fast food, the consumption of fast food is not the only factor leading to teenage obesity. The article ‘Eat smart, live well’ (The Straits Times, 9 July 2009, p. 104) cites overeating is the main cause of obesity in the developed world – in other words, obesity can be caused by eating too much of any type of food and not just fast food. This is especially true for high energy foods and foods prepared with fat or oil.In another article, ‘Chewing the fat on globesity epidemic’, it is there are many possible causes of obesity, which can be social, psychological or genetic. For example, stress, insufficient exercise and even lack of awareness can also contribute to obesity. Another article ‘US kids at risk of recession obesity’ (The Straits Times, 5 June 2009, p.45) describes the phenomenon of ‘recession obesity’, which occurs predominantly among low income groups. For families with limited income, fast food and other convenience foods are cheaper and therefore, more affordable than other healthier options such as fresh fruits and vegetables. A diet that consists primarily of such foods is likely to result in obesity, especially in children and teenagers.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

It's not responsible. Teens being to lazy to get of there fat arse and do exercise to burn calories. You could eat all they junk and fast food you like if you also have veg and burn of the calories.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Fast Food is not the cause as it is the people's choice. They can either eat it or not. Even they know it is not good to eat too much, they still choose to eat it. Why? Because of the influencing advertisements. It's okay to eat it once in a while, but eating it almost every time is too much.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

fast food is not responsible for fat teens, i've seen people who eat fast food almost everyday and yet do not get fat at all, they say fast food makes you unhealthy, by unhealthy they meant it was bad to the body but not the part that makes you fat, yes some fast food makes people fat but that's mainly because the food was injected with fattening acids like most fast food companies do with their chicken, which then transfers the fattening chemical to you after eating it so that's why you get fat, not all fast food are like this.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Fast food is not responsible for teenage obesity.Although i do agree to an extent that fast food is responsible for teenage obesity,what about the lack of excercise? and energy? It just goes to show that fast food to an extent does cause obesity,but the lack of sport activities also causes this.The youths problem and no-one elses.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

No. Most of the time, obesity is hereditary... And also, it stems from within the family, fast food is not to blame
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

that children are just to fat and its their own fault and their parents are fat to so its genically
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

Only if a teen frequents a McDonald's every day and loads up on those burgers and fries.
Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: Yes, it is responsible.

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Debate: Fast food is responsible for teenage obesity. Do you agree?
Side: No, it is not responsible.

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Debate: First gay couple on disney channel
Side: It's about time

This is a step in the right direction. People that disagree can just continue to shelter their children from reality I suppose....not that TV has much reality on it.Disney usually just uses some stereo type when representing the "other" so I am a bit apprehensive. Guess I will just withhold my judgement until after I see it or not (my kids taste in Disney are usually the movies and a few sitcoms like "Kickin It").
Debate: First gay couple on disney channel
Side: It's about time

I only watched a little clip, but from what I saw the heterosexual parents weren't shocked, and didn't pass judgement even though they weren't aware that the child's parents were homosexual. The lesbian parents seemed normal, dressed normal, and acted normal. The part I watched didn't show any stereotypes.
Debate: First gay couple on disney channel
Side: It's about time

At this point it should be completely normal. I really dont get why there is such a big deal about the types of couples that exist. If its not your relationship, then why do you choose to care and have an opinion on it to the point that you think that it shouldnt be allowed. In a perfect world, there should be no difference between whether the couple is straight or Gay. I support this 100% and really think that the community is being held back by people who Dont want relationships like this to exist or to be seen in a public forum. It just isnt up to you, Its up to the people who form the relationship to begin with.
Debate: First gay couple on disney channel
Side: It's about time

love is love. disney probably wanted to make that clear now that most people have broader mindsets.
Debate: First gay couple on disney channel
Side: It's about time

There's a large population of homosexuals in the USA. Also a large pop of them who have kids. So Disney is making the right choice. We need a change in television. If modern family can do it, then Disney can.
Debate: First gay couple on disney channel
Side: It's about time

It's about mother fuckin' time! This makes the likelihood of Frozen being about coming out, way higher.