The Truth About Fastfood

By: Mara Spector

Fast Food’s Health Effects

• Fast food is low in nutrients such as vitamins• Fast food is high in sugar and salt because

they add it for taste.• Fast food is high in fat because it is pre-

packaged and they get the cheapest cuts of meat possible

Environment

• The companies that produce the meat do not treat the animals correctly. The animals do not have enough space to sit or lay so they have to stand.

• They don’t make the food organically.

• The animals are becoming cannibals because to keep the cost of feed down, they put dead meat in. When the animals eat this it makes them sick, and it in turn makes us sick.

Employees

• Fast food restaurants do not pay employees fairly.

• When workers form an union to try and get fair pay, the workers on the union are fired and replaced.

• Fast food employees may not get benefits, like health care, sick days, and even holidays!

Crossword Puzzle Answers

Across1. Organically3. Fastfood5. Fat6. Nutrients8. Pay9. Union10. Healthcare11. cannibals

Down2. Animals4. Sodium7. employees

Questions

Your Opinion• What can you do to help

spread the word about fast food?

• What do you think are some more unhealthy things about fast food?

• Have you ever seen an employee being treated unfairly?

Question & AnswerQ: Why do meat producers but

dead meat into the feed?A: They put dead meat into feed

to keep the prices down.Q: What are the two things fast

food is high in?A: 1. fat 2. sodiumQ: What is the one thing fast food

is low in?A: nutrients such as vitamins.

In Conclusion…..

• Fast food companies are affecting you, the environment, and the employees that work there.

• Employees are not being paid or treated fairly.• Animals are becoming cannibals to keep

prices down, and in turn making both the animal and us sick

• We are also being affected, so remember to think before you order!