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Skyler Drerup Professor George J. Wilkerson English (1:00pm) 26 February 2014 Causal Argument: Is Fast Food Making Americans Fat? What causes fast food to make a person fat? Fast food is high in fatty acids, cholesterol, sugars, and chemicals that break down into simple sugars and other solutions once ingested in the body. The grease inside all ingested fast food can lack oxygen to the brain, and create this sense of being lackadaisical and tiresome in ones thoughts and physical manner. America may be known as having the highest obesity rate in the entire world. Other sources show that statistically, America is known for such obesity because of our busy work and social lives. In addition, America is also known as having the highest susceptibility to strokes, cancer, obesity, etc. Because America is known for obesity, a lot of factors of work lives, diets, and causal moods can affect the average Americans body structure and wellbeing. Average American is known as working the daily nine to five office shift at work, grabbing something quick on the go, and dealing with daily stresses and struggles of a life of an American.