Food Inc PaperThis essay will be about the book titled Food Inc written by Karl Weber. The topics of this essay will be based on obesity, pesticides and animal husbandry. The discussion of this article will focus on the issues of the topic in the first paragraphs and the second paragraphs will focus on the solutions to the issues of the topic occurring in the United States. Each topic will delve deeper into the issues that arise today with the food we eat every day. The obesity crisis is currently worsening dramatically over the years. Researchers discover that pesticides have caused cancer and other diseases. Livestock is becoming a major problem as the four biggest companies own 80% of the market and what we eat today. These were just a preview of what will be explained in more detail in this article. Obesity The obesity crisis is proving to be a major problem in America today. According to the CDC, more than a third of American adults are obese. These related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and many others. Also according to the CDC, the annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was $147 billion in 2008. Nowadays, obesity is spreading to children due to the fast food industry targeting the younger audience. Fast food was created very cheaply and has been found to be one of the main causes of obesity. People are now consuming way too many calories and the calories they eat in fast food are all fat calories. All ingredients have no nutritional amount for the body. Fast food contains components very high in fat, which endangers the health of consumers. Salt, fat and sugar are available everywhere. Fast food often turns...... middle of paper ......e This picture shows what the chicken house looks like. Poor chickens are caught in wire cages. farms. The obesity crisis is rapidly worsening due to the neglect of a well-balanced meal, the effort to exercise and the perception that we splurge more at the supermarket than at a Cheap fast food. The next topic was about pesticides workers developing pesticide poisoning, linked to cancer, and all pesticides need to be eliminated and need to develop a safer method of pest control. The last topic concerned livestock farms, animals must be treated appropriately and given better living conditions before being slaughtered..