Obesity has been severely increased through restaurant's growing portion sizes. According to an article written by Lisa Young and Marion Nestle, “It’s no coincidence that portion sizes have grown in parallel with the average person’s body weight from the 1970’s through today” (Nestle, Young, 2002). It seems as though everything in the world of Fast Food is “the bigger the better” (Nestle, Young, 2002). Restaurants use larger sizes as selling points (i.e. Double Gulp, Supersize) and international chain restaurants promote large- size items directly on menus (Nestle, Young, 2002). Another plain example of growing portion sizes worldwide is the fact that automobile manufacturers have installed larger cup holders for the sole purpose of larger drinks (Nestle, Young, 2002). I retrieved this information from an article written by Lisa R. Young and Marion Nestle. Both obtain a PhD. They attended prestigious colleges and are extremely credible individuals. The article was pier reviewed which suggests the information given is not biased and gives the viewpoint of two authors. Overall this article is tremendously reliable, although there is one fault. It was published in 2002. Obesity is a rapidly developing topic in today’s world, and there is no doubt some of the statistics and information have slightly changed in the years leading up to 2014. The more food people eat, the larger they get, therefore the increasing portion sizes of food restaurants is a reason for obesity.
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