FAST

FOOD CONSUMPTION 
AMONG ADULTS
In United States the obesity rate has been increasing due
to the poor nutriton habits of their citizens.

37% OR 84.8
MILLION
US adults consumed fast food
Men (43.8%) were more likely than on a given day
women (39.1) to eat fast food at  
lunch
$299.6
11.3% BILLION USD
Total daily calories from fast food
Consumers spend this amount
between 2007 and 2010 on quick service restaurant
from 2014-2018

Sandwich consumption was The estimatedStates

annualwas
medical
$147 cost
billion
of in
obesity
2008 in the United

associated with obesity/overweight

based on BMI to 35%, fried chicken to
40%, and pizza more than 80%.

Figure 1. Prevalence of obesity among adults aged 20

and over, by sex and age: United States, 2015–2016

Figure 2. Trends in obesity

prevalence among adults aged
20 and over (age adjusted) and
youth aged 2–19 years: United
States, 1999–2000 through
2015–2016

REFERENCES
Adult Obesity Facts. (2018, August 13). Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Cnn. (2018, October 3). 84.8 million adults consume fast food every day. Retrieved from
https://www.abcactionnews.com/lifestyle/fast-food-consumption-cdc-report
Lock, S. (2019, February 21). QSR: consumer spending US 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.statista.com/statistics/259148/consumer-spending-us-qsr-sector/
Yusneisy Cuellar