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Another sentence that I agreed with was: “Transfats which are commonly found in fast food have been shown in many tests to have a negative health effect on the body.” This quote stood out to me because I’m overweight myself and I feel that fast food has contributed to my disease. I’m a human being who enjoys eating fast food but unlike me, some people have the luxury of eating what they want without gaining a pound. Consuming big amounts of transfat has caught up to me.

I feel that if fast food is effecting million of people then it should be eliminated. I double-checked this fact in http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9318, which makes me feel pretty sure that it is true. This article describes a study in which “monkeys fed a diet rich in trans-fats - commonly found in fast foods - grew bigger bellies than those fed a diet rich in unsaturated fats, but containing the same overall number of calories.”

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Fast food and how it affects people | Youth Voices

This is how I would like my students to be writing about Wikipedia.

I’m wondering if students would appreciate having their own microblogging space.

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