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This is a public service announcement. Fast food is bad for you. Just ask my blood pressure.

 

Fast Food Statistics:

 

* The average distance from a fast food restaurant in the US to a school is half a mile. The density of fast-food restaurants within 1 mile of a school is three to four times the average distribution throughout a city.

 

* Over the last 35 years sales in the US fast-food industry has grown by almost 1000%. In 1975 sales equaled $16.1 billion and in 2009 sales were about $160 billion.

 

* The National Restaurant Association reports that there are around 280,000 fast-food restaurants in the States of which around 200,000 are strictly fast-food and 80,000 casual-dining.

 

* The US Fast-food industry serves more than 50 million Americans every day and generates $65 billion annually.

 

* Half of the average American's yearly food budget is spent at fast-food chains.

 

* On any given day around one third of American children eat fast food.

 

* In the past 5 decades some fast food portion sizes have increased by 600%.

 

* In the 50s a typical fast food hamburger weighed one ounce while today it weighs six ounces.

 

* The average fast food restaurant meal nowadays contains a staggering 1,500 calories!

A double gulp soda (7-11) has 64 ounces (half a gallon!) and the sugar content of 48 teaspoons.

 

* The Federal Trade Commission reports that the US fast food industry spends approximately $1.6 billion each year on marketing aimed at children.

 

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